Semester General Education Courses - Ohio University

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SWAH 1110 Elementary Swahili I 2CP 4 0 Introduces learners to Swahili vocabulary and grammar. These are used as
the foundation for promoting the four skills of reading, writing, listening and
speaking. Emphasis will be on promoting the learners' ability to express
themselves, describe their daily experiences and engage in basic
conversations. Although East African texts (reading passages, music and
poems) will be used to promote learners' understanding and appreciation of
Swahili language and culture, non East African texts in Swahili might be
sparingly used to achieve certain objectives. While the main focus of the
course will be on enriching the students understanding of African culture
through the learning of Swahili, students are expected to relate the Swahili
culture with their everyday experiences. Learners will be involved in a
semester long portfolio project comprised of biographical information about
their everyday activities, or activities of other people, whether actual or
fictional with an intention of applying all aspects of the materials covered in
class. Specific information on this will be provided in the syllabus.
SWAH 1120 Elementary Swahili II 2CP 4 0 This is the second course of two-semester first-year sequence. A continuation
of 1110 covering the different types of nouns in Swahili. By now, students will
have covered all the noun classes and will begin to see their relevance to
various aspects of Swahili grammar. It will become clear that once you know
the class of noun in question, the grammar can easily be derived from a
consistent pattern. Learners will also broaden their vocabulary and they will be
able to engage in more complex dialogues. Although some dialogues will be
tailored to accomplish grammatical ends, Also do dialogues for the sake of it
in order to promote confidence in oral communication. Learners are
encouraged to pay attention to the way the sample dialogues are structured
and try to model their dialogues along similar lines. Learners are encouraged
to test your skills to the limit without focusing too much on grammatical
mistakes. The best language learners are the adventurous people who are
willing to test anything they have learned, even when they do not do it
correctly. In addition, listening tasks and lab work will be assigned to ensure
that students are increasing their knowledge of Swahili. Some time will be set
aside to do pronunciation drills to ensure that learners get their pronunciation
right. To promote reading skills, the instructor will introduce some basic
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