SIXTH SEMESTER SWAHILI
For advanced learners of Standard Swahili; emphasis on proficiency through speaking, listening, reading, and writing, and on communication in cultural context.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: AFRICAN 435 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Frgn Lang - 5th + semester language Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate ideas, and participate in most informal and some formal conversations in Swahili on topics related to school, home, employment, current events, and matters of public and community interest. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Narrate and describe in the major time frames of past, present, and future in paragraph-length Swahili discourse with some control of aspect appropriate vocabulary, expressions, and structures Audience: Undergraduate 3. Defend personal views in Swahili as well as understand the opposing viewpoint Audience: Undergraduate 4. Read and comprehend a variety of texts in Swahili Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write compositions in Swahili on various topics using different types of writing including description, narration, using both present and past tenses. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Communicate ideas, and participate in most informal and some formal conversations in Swahili on topics related to school, home, employment, current events, and matters of public and community interest. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Narrate and describe in the major time frames of past, present, and future in paragraph-length Swahili discourse with some control of aspect appropriate vocabulary, expressions, and structures Audience: Undergraduate 3. Defend personal views in Swahili as well as understand the opposing viewpoint Audience: Undergraduate 4. Read and comprehend a variety of texts in Swahili Audience: Undergraduate 5. Write compositions in Swahili on various topics using different types of writing including description, narration, using both present and past tenses. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027