DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
& AFRICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
THE AFRICAN
LANGUAGES PROGRAM.
S 101 -
ELEMENTARY SWAHILI : FALL 2007
COURSE INFORMATION:
Class Schedule: MW 11:15A-12:05P
SY 210
TR 11:15A-12:30P SY
210
Class Schedule:
MW - 12:20P-01:10P SY 108
TR - 01:00P-02:15P SY
137
Instructor: Abdulwahid Mazrui Email: ammazrui@indiana.edu
Office: Memorial Hall 217
Office Hours: MW 1:15-2:15
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
Swahili is a language spoken in East and
Swahili (also known as Kiswahili) is a
medium of instruction in
This
course provides an introduction to the Swahili language and culture. The
primary goal of the course is to provide the students with the spoken knowledge
of the language. However, by the end of the course, students should have also
acquired some knowledge of reading and writing in the language and its
structure. .
The
course also aims to meet the five goals of language standards: Communication, Cultures, Connections,
Comparisons, and Communities.
SPEAKING AND WRITING GOALS:
Students use appropriate Swahili expressions
and gestures to greet and take leave of teachers and classmates.
Students give and follow simple instructions
in Swahili in order to participate in classroom activities. Students share
their likes and dislikes in Swahili with each other.
Students play role in Swahili everyday
situations, such as buying wares in the market or ordering food at a
restaurant.
Students ask and answer questions in Swahili
about topics such as family, school, animals, familiar objects, and
possessions.
Students prepare and present in Swahili
short illustrated personal descriptions of topics, like their home or their
family.
Students prepare and present and/or record
in Swahili puppet shows, short skits, and simple plays based on familiar
folktales and stories, such as Mgeni siku ya kwanza (The guest
first day)
Students retell stories in oral and written
Swahili.
Students perform songs, stories, skits or
plays in Swahili for classroom and some events.
LISTENING and READING GOALS:
Students follow oral instructions in Swahili
related to daily classroom activities.
Students understand oral and/or written
statements in Swahili on familiar topics, such as numbers, time of day, and
weather.
Students read and/or listen in Swahili to
descriptions and identify the corresponding pictures or illustrations, such as people,
animals, objects, places, common activities, weather and time of day.
Students understand brief spoken or written
Swahili messages on familiar topics, such as personal preferences, family,
school, and celebrations.
CULTURAL GOALS:
Students use appropriate gestures and
Swahili expressions for greetings, leave takings and common classroom
interaction.
Students identify social customs that are of
interest to either children or adults, topics, may include traditional foods,
aspects of family life, and cultural events of Swahili culture.
Students identify the similarities and
differences between school life in their own region and in Swahili culture.
Students identify and recognize products and
symbols of the Swahili people, such as foods, clothing, type
of dwellings and modes of transportation.
Students identify and learn about products
reflecting the lifestyle of people in various Swahili communities, such as
household items, clothing, and foods.
Proficiency
Level to be achieved (Novice Mid)
At the end of the first semester the
students are expected to reach the Novice
Mid level of the ACTFL.
Speakers
at the Novice-Mid level communicate minimally and with difficulty by using a number
of isolated words and memorized phrases limited by the particular context in
which the language has been learned. When responding to direct questions, they
may utter only two or three words at a time or an occasional stock answer. They
pause frequently as they search for simple vocabulary or attempt to recycle
their own and their interlocutor=s words. Because of hesitations, lack of
vocabulary, inaccuracy, or failure to respond appropriately, Novice-Mid
speakers may be understood with great difficulty even by sympathetic
interlocutors accustomed to dealing with non-natives. When called on to handle
topics by performing functions associated with the Intermediate level, they
frequently resort to repetition, words from their native language, or silence.
COURSE MATERIALS:
1. On-line
Kiswahili course: KIKO Kiswahili kwa
Kompyuta www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe
2.
Text book: Tuseme
Kiswahili : F.E.M.K.Senkoro
3. http://africanlanguages.com/swahili/index.php?l=en
(Dictionary)
4. http://www.indiana.edu/~afrilang/ (Online material)
5. http://www.glcom.com/hassan/
GRADING POLICY:
The final grade shall be
computed on the following basis:
Attendance and class
participation 10%
Assignments and homework 20%
2 Quizzes 20%
Midterm exam 20%
Final exam (Written) 30%
COURSE POLICY:
The course plan is subject to change. Any such change(s) will be announced in
the course of the semester. Students will be responsible for such announcements
whether or not they are in the class when the announcement is made.
Attendance is mandatory. However, if for some legitimate reason a student is
unable to attend a class it is the students responsibility to get notes on the
class from either the instructor or a colleague.
Food is not allowed in class. Cell phones should be switched off during class.
COURSE SCHEDULE
Week 1: Introductions
Day 1: Introduction
(Kiswahili)
Students introducing themselves.
Talk
about syllabus
Day 2: Greetings
http://www.indiana.edu/~swahili/maamkio.html
People
of the same age
Video
clips (Cultural project) - Maamkio
Singing
the Jambo Song
KIKO: Unit 1 lessons 1 and 2
Day 3: More
greetings, going into someone house (hodi) and
Farewells
KIKO: Unit 1 lessons 3
and 4
Day 4: Greeting people of the different age and greeting
during different time of the day.
Greeting
endings (farewell)
Cultural project- Maagano. http://www.indiana.edu/~swahili/maagano.html
Week 2: Greetings and Introductions
Day 1: Asking each others names and where from.
Extended
greetings
KIKO: Unit 1 lessons 5 and 6 http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/unit_01/index.html
Day 2: Telling
each other where you live, study and where and what do you study.
Singing
an introduction song
Day 3: Using scenarios to practice introducing one another and introducing more than
one person.
Day 4: Reading (Introduction)
Practicing the dialogues on different greetings
Grammar focus (Swahili pronouns)
On-line
exercise (Diagnostic test 1)
Week 3: Numbers
Day 1: Knowing and using numbers(1-10
and 10-100)
Introduce some nouns in N-Class to
help in saying numbers *
Day 2: Doing
math(addition,multiplying
etc)
Reading
and knowing telephone numbers
1-10
number song
KIKO
Unit 2 (http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/unit_02/index.html
)
Day 3: More on numbers.
More math with
higher numbers.
Knowing how to say dates, months
and years.
Day 4: More on Using numbers:
Using
dates to talk about birthdays (introduce phrases like nilizaliwa
and alizaliwa , also hakuzaliwa and sikuzaliwa, ana and nina(using it to tell
about age)
Days of
the week.
Online homework http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/unit_02/diagnostica.html
Week
4: Family (KIKO Unit 3) (Senkoro pg 51 Somo la Pili)
Day 1: Talk about
family by identifying the Swahili terms for family, introduce members
of
family (baba, mama, bibi,
babu, kaka, dada etc)
Day 2: Names of
family members (Baba yangu jina
lake
.. ) Talk about family, introduce other members of
the family and their
professions. Kutembeleana (
Day 3 Describing people (Example: best friend/close relative/best teacher: name, age, nationality, where the friend lives and likes and dislikes) Review Day 4: Quiz I (September, 17) Online homework assignment http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/unit_03/diagnostic2a.html
Week 5: Telling the time
Day
1:
Saying and asking time in Swahili : hours.(Senkoro 288) http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/unit_04/index.html
Day
2: Saying and asking time in Swahili : minutes. Picture
story to practice saying time.
Day 3: Daily Activities(what do you do
everyday)
Day 4:
Week
6: Talking about past and future activities
Day
1: Talking about things I did in the past. (Using past positive)
Day
2: Talking about things I did not do
in the past.
Day 3: Talking about future plans (p165 -179) Senkoro
Day 4:
Week
7: Body parts and health
Day
1: Learning body parts and sing a song.
Day 2: Talk about illness and expressing emotions.
Day 3: Going to see a doctor.
Day 4: Visiting a friend who is not feeling well.
Week
8: Talk about professions and animals.
Day 1: Talking about people professions.(Introducing
M-WA noun class). Talk about animals
Day 2: More about people professions.(Introducing
M-WA noun class).(
Talk about animals
(animals I like and I dont like, places where animals live)
Day 3:
Review.
Day 4:
MIDTERM TEST ,October, 18.
Week 9 Going to the market and Knowing about fruits.
Day 1: Knowing Swahili fruits.(Ji-MA)
Day 2: Describing my car. (Practicing JI-MA)
Day 3: Going to the market.
http://www.indiana.edu/~swahili/kuuza.html
Day 4:
Bargaining
http://www.indiana.edu/~swahili/kuuza.html
Week 10 Buying and Finding an
accommodation
Day 1: Going to the store (Dukani) http://www.indiana.edu/~swahili/kuuza.html
Day 2: Going to the post office http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/unit_05/section_C/lesson01.html
Day 3: Looking for an accommodation and
talk about your house
Day 4:
Week 11
Food and renting a room
Day 1:
Looking for a room (Call a landlord)
Day 2:
Describing your room and a kind of a room you want (KI-Vi Class)
Day 3: Talking about food and
complementing food(More practice on KI-VI Class
Day 4:
Chakula: http://www.indiana.edu/~swahili/vyakula.html
Week 12
Location and Directions
Day 1: Directions(West,South, East and North) (Mahali
Class)
Day 2: Asking and giving directions
Day 3: Talking the location of
different things: Geographical(cities,countries
etc)
items
location, and people using PO-KO-MO
Day 4: Quiz II, November 15.
Week 13:
Making requests
Day 1 and Day 2: Subjunctive and how to ask and make polite requests, and
ordering things (accepting and refusing)
Thanksgiving Break
Week 14:
Our environment
Day 1
and 2:
Talk about environment ( rivers, cities and
mountains.)(M-Mi Class)
Day 3:
In class writing about environment (where would you like to go and visit or live)
Day 4 :
Week 15 Review
Week 16 Final
Exam