SWA 2312 - Intermediate Swahili II

This course is the second part of Intermediate Swahili. It continues training in the Swahili language and cultural awareness skills begun in the Elementary Swahili sequence and Intermediate Swahili I. The course affords students a survey of more advanced grammar, with emphasis on increasing conversational fluency, compositional skills, study of written texts in Standard Swahili, and discussion of grammatical variations. At the same time, the course emphasizes increased fluency in speaking, reading, listening, and writing short essays in standard Swahili.

(Four periods per week) Prerequisite(s): Intermediate Swahili I or consent of instructor.