Elementary Swahili: Lugha na Utamaduni

Elementary Swahili: Lugha na Utamaduni

Elementary Swahili: Lugha na Utamaduni is intended for both heritage and non-heritage elementary Swahili learners. It introduces the learners to aspects of Standard Swahili language and culture with the view of enhancing their intercultural competence in Swahili. The topics are well-integrated to enable the learners to easily apply what they learn in each topic into their daily interactions in Swahili about themselves, family, friends, immediate world, and East Africa. Thus, at the end of Elementary Swahili, learners should be able to carry out basic conversations in Swahili about themselves, their world, and East Africa. Further, the coursebook will incorporate common Swahili cultural practices in all the topics with the view of enhancing the learners’ intercultural competence.

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Learning Objectives #

  1. To enable learners to carryout basic conversations in Swahili by exposing them to different uses of Swahili in day-to-day communication.
  2. To enable learners to talk about issues related to Swahili culture.
  3. To help students start to understand the Swahiliculture.
  4. To introduce learners to Swahilistructure andvocabulary.

Credits #

This book authored by Peter Mwangi and published by Northwestern University Libraries with funding from the Affordable Instructional Resources OER grant program.

  • Chris Diaz – Digital Publishing Librarian, Northwestern University
  • Lauren McKeen McDonald - Open Education Librarian, Northwestern University
  • Florence Mugambi – African Studies Librarian, Northwestern University
  • Peter Githinji – Associate Professor of Linguistics, Kenyatta University, Kenya
  • Seline Okeno – Swahili Fulbright Teaching Assistant at Northwestern University (2019/2020)
  • Sam Mwangi – Research Assistant in Kenya

Copyright © 2020 Peter Mwangi. Unless otherwise noted, the contents of this book are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Citation #

Mwangi, P. Elementary Swahili (Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Libraries, 2020).