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Subject Catalog Number Title Semester General Education Courses General Education Code Credit Hours Maximum Repeat Hours Course Description 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 Page 20 of 63 November 17, 2011
Subject Catalog Number Title Semester General Education Courses General Education Code Credit Hours Maximum Repeat Hours Course Description SWAH 2110 Intermediate Swahili 2CP 4 0 This the the first course of two-quarter intermediate-level sequence. Although this course will rely on the basic knowledge learned in the previous year, it is designed to take the learner deeper into Swahili structure and grammar as well as deepen their understanding and appreciation of Swahili culture. The reading passages will be longer, the written compositions longer, and the concepts more abstract. Promoting communicative competence is the main goal of this course. Students will be expected to develop their abilities in debating and expressing abstract ideas and concepts. Students wuill also beging working on group or individual projects that demostrate their understanding of East African cultural issues. Students will also be encouraged to make the connections or draw comparisons between East African and American culture. In addition, students will be expected to try to integrate their majors with what they are learning in class. SWAH 2120 Intermediate Swahili 2CP 4 0 This is a continuation of 2110. Second course of two-quarter intermediatelevel sequence. Although this course will rely on the knowledge gained in the fall quarter, it is designed to take the learner deeper into Swahili structure and gramma,r as well as provide a deeper understanding of Swahili and East African culture in general. The reading passages will be longer, the written compositions longer and more abstract. Students will be expected to develop their abilities in debating and expressing abstract ideas and concepts. A lot of emphasis will be placed on communicative skills and comprehension of Swahili material both written and oral. THAI 1110 Elementary Thai I 2CP 4 0 Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Thai speakers. THAI 1120 Elementary Thai II 2CP 4 0 Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Thai speakers. THAI 2110 Intermediate Thai I 2CP 4 0 Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Thai speakers. THAI 2120 Intermediate Thai II 2CP 4 0 Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Thai speakers. THAI 3110 Advanced Thai I 2CP 3 0 Culture based approach to increased language proficiency. Students continue to develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills as they study diverse history and customs of Thai speakers. Page 21 of 63 November 17, 2011
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