SWAHL 3103 - Advanced Swahili I

(GB) Satisfies Option 1.

Spring. 4 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: This course is intended for students who have completed a minimum of three semesters of Kiswahili and have applied their Swahili skills in any Swahili speaking countries.We are aiming at Advanced High Proficiency according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (www.actfl.org).

H. Bulugu.

Develops advanced speaking, reading, and writing skills with longer texts, films, advanced readings, and advanced oral discussion encompassing various topics. Examples of texts and films are; movies, novels, plays, poems, newspaper articles, essays, and speeches. Students will be prepared to narrate and describe events in a longer time frame. Students will also review and practice grammatical aspects and cultural expressions that pose challenges to non-native speakers when trying to comprehend native speakers. The course requires students to engage in small research projects during the course of study based on the student’s areas of interest. During the course of study, students will have an opportunity to participate in language conversation outside the classroom and to engage in language conversational exchange with the students from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.