Beginning Swahili II

Students successfully completing the second semester of this beginner's course in Swahili Language and Culture will be able to communicate in Swahili in a culturally-appropriate way. Students will practice skills in an integrated fashion in order to reach an intermediate low level of proficiency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing. Course content includes language, culture, history, music and children's literature. Heritage speakers may place into the course depending on their language level. Like English, Swahili is not a tonal language, and considered to be one of the easier African languages to learn. Knowledge of Swahili will assist you in order to study and work in Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) and to be able to engage with Swahili speakers in other parts of the world.