Objectives

​1. To LEARN to speak and write Swahili so as to understand and be understood by speakers of Swahili

2. To participate in social engagement projects addressing specific problems

Students will be able to handle successfully a limited number of uncomplicated communicative tasks by creating with the language in straightforward social situations. Conversation will be initiated from concrete exchanges and topics necessary for the successful navigation of Africa's Swahili speaking region. Topics relating to basic personal information covering, for example, self and family, some daily activities and personal preferences, as well as to some immediate needs, such as ordering food and making simple purchases. Students will be expected to be primarily reactive and struggle to answer direct questions or requests for information, but will also able to converse with others.