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Courses: Kiswahili ... Human Evolution ... Ecology of the Maasai Ecosystem ... Methods course and Field project

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Kiswahili

Fall 2008
Instructors: University of Dar es Salaam faculty
Required, 4 credits

Left: A Kiswahili class at UDSM (Photo courtesy of Genevieve Werner)

Below: A Kiswahili conversation group. (Photo courtesy of Russ Tuttle)

Early acquisition of language skills is critically important for students becoming acclimated to a culture so different from their own. Students therefore begin Intensive Kiswahili shortly after arriving in Dar es Salaam.

Taught by professors from the Kiswahili Department, this language course features intensive classroom study (four hours per day) for the first four weeks, plus homework and occasional field trips.

In the second month, students continue to meet regularly to improve their conversational, grammar and vocabulary skills as they learn the fundamentals of Tanzania's national language.

Go to courses: Kiswahili ... Human Evolution ... Ecology of the Serengeti ... Methods Course ... Field Project