Intermediate Swahili I

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In Intermediate Swahili I, students will be able to understand clearly the main points of standard speech on a range of topics of general interest, especially when the delivery is relatively slow and clear. Students will be able to read and understand conventional narrative and descriptive texts, this could include expanded descriptions of persons, places, and the things and narratives about past, present and future events, and write a variety of texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest, this time, with increased attention to accuracy and coherence. They will begin to combine and link sentences into connected, paragraph-length discourse and will continue gaining gained good insights into many aspects of values, patterns, and institutions of the Swahili Culture and recognize the depth and complexity of cultural differences.