SWAH-102 Swahili Elementary I (3)

This foundation course in standard Swahili introduces students to pronunciation; formulaic greetings; the noun class system; the concordial agreement system associated with verb structure, relative construction, and possessive pronoun and adjective formation; adverbs; sentence structure; text development; and basic vocabulary. Equal emphasis is placed on speaking, reading, and writing skills in Swahili and the course stresses the use of Swahili in context. Usually Offered: fall.