TUZUNGUMZE  KISWAHILI

Let's speak Swahili

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Fall 1997

Sehemu ya kwanza (Unit 1)

Topics:

• How to greet and say goodbye
• How to ask someone’s name, and how to respond
• Kiswahili: where it is spoken, brief history
• influence of other languages on Kiswahili
• Influence of Kiswahili in Africa and outside Africa
• Connection between Kiswahili and the African American celebration of Kwanzaa
• counting 1 - 10

Song: Jambo ‘Hello’

Sehemu ya pili (Unit 2)

Topics:

• Self introductions: where students live and where they stud
• Counting 11-30
• Days of the week
• Names of the month
• Classroom objects

Song: Moja, mbili, tatu

Sehemu ya tatu (Unit 3)

Topics:

• Asking and giving information on the date (month, day and year) one was born
• Introduce friends and talk about them
• Asking and saying one’s age
• Talking about important dates
• Counting 31 to 1000
• Country profile: Cities, towns, villages in Tanzania

Sehemu ya nne (Unit 4)

Topics:

• Asking and giving information about different activities....watching television; playing basket ball, do homework, play with friends
• Hobbies
• Country profile: Flag of Tanzania and its colors Song: National anthem of Tanzania

Sehemu ya tano (Unit 5)

Topics:

• Talking about family members...mother, father, sisters, brothers, grandparents.
• Learn about extended family in Kiswahili societies
• Country profile: People of Tanzania and the languages they speak

Song: National anthem of Tanzania

Sehemu ya sita (Unit 6)

Topics:

• Parts of the body
• Being sick and going to the doctor
• Visiting someone who is sick
• Country profile: different occupations of the people of Tanzania

Song: Kichwa, vidole, mabega, magoti. (the equivalent of head, shoulders song)

Spring 1998

Sehemu ya saba (Unit 7):

• Talk about important holidays in East Africa
• How children participate in the holidays
• Talk about different celebrations
• Country profile: Kenya, Geographical description

Song: Harambe ‘Let’s work together’

Sehemu ya nane (Unit 8)

Topics

• ·Traveling · Different means of transportation
• Buying traveling tickets at the travel agent
• Traveling documents
• Country profile: Cities, towns, and villages in Kenya

Sehemu ya tisa (Unit 9)

Topics

• Food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Different kinds of drinks: tea, milk, fruit juices
• Country profile: People of Kenya and the languages they speak.

Song: Malaika ‘Angel’

Sehemu ya kumi (Unit 10)

Topics

• Traditional dresses
• School uniforms
• Different colors of clothes
• Country profile: The flag of Kenya and its colors

Song: National anthem of Kenya

Sehemu ya kumi na moja (Unit 11)

Topics

• Asking for prices at the market/store
• Counting money
• Bargaining
• Country profile: Uganda, geographical description

Song: Tucheze sote ‘Let’s play together’

Sehemu ya kumi na mbili (Unit 12 )

Topics

• Talking about pets and other animals
• Talking about farm animals
• Wild animals
• Country profile: Cities and towns in Uganda

Sehemu ya kumi na tatu (Unit 13)

Topics

• Telling the time in Kiswahili
• Talking about activities during different times of the day
• Country profile: People of Uganda and the languages they speak

Song: Mungu ni pendo ‘God is love’

Sehemu ya kumi na nne (Unit 14)

Topic

• Talking about different seasons
• Talking about different activities people do in the summer
• Country profile: Flag of Uganda