BASIC KISWAHILI COMMUNICATION SKILLS

The Kiswahili alphabet: proper pronunciation; The calendar: days of the week, months, seasons; Telling time; Counting; Greetings; Expressing oneself politely; Asking for/about something/someone; Introducing/describing oneself/others; The verb and description of actions; Simple conversations and narrations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Objectives:

•  To develop and equip learners with basic applied Kiswahili communication skills necessary for their day-to-day usage. The course aims at helping the learners in the acquisition of the different language skills of speech, listening, writing and reading, using simple standard Kiswahili (Kiswahili sanifu).