Swahili for Beginners

Welcome to Swahili for Beginners. This is an Ongoing Class for beginners with no prior background. Anyone can start with phonics and progress with reading comprehension, listening, and communicating with others. The class starts with phonics, which is the foundation, then progresses to salutations, colors, shapes, numbers, and simple phrases. 

The goal is to learn how to communicate in Kiswahili. This takes time and practice on the daily. Students will practice with one another during class. They are encouraged to keep practicing outside class too. They will listen to stories and write down simple sentences. 


-----WEEKLY BREAKDOWN-------
Week of Jan 1: Phonics and Greetings
Week Jan 8th: Phonics and Colors
Week Jan 15th: Phonics and Shapes
Week Jan 22nd: Phonics and Domestic Animals
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Week Jan 29th: Phonics and Wild Animals
Week 6: Numbers 0-10
Week 7: Numbers 11-100
Week 8: Numbers 101-1B

*****BREAK****

Week 9: Days of the Week
Week 10: Months of the Year
Week 11: Fruits
Week 12: Vegetables
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Week 13: Family
Week 14: Body Parts 1
Week 15: Body Part 2
Week 16: Clothes
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Week 17: Verbs
Week 18: Verbs
Week 19: Time 
Week 20: Time
Week 21: Feelings

****Break****

***Parts of the House***
Week 22: Kitchen 1
Week 23: Kitchen 2
Week 24: Living Room
Week 25: Bedroom and Bathroom

****BREAK****
Week 26: Weather
Week 27: Outdoors
Week 28: School Supplies
Week 29: School Subjects
Week 30: Occupation
Week 31 and 32: Countries and Locations

Students will listen to stories narrated by the teacher. They will also be encouraged to read. This begins immediately with simple words /nouns, sentences, and later on stories. We encourage doing homework every day for at least 20 minutes a day to gain fluency and be able to participate in class fully.

Topics covered include colors, shapes, animals, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, family members, school, house, kitchen, living room, bedroom, occupation, location, countries,  verbs, conjugating verbs, feelings, Time in hours and minutes, and much more. Students will have fun in class. Since it is a beginner's class, we do not laugh at each other's pronunciation. We applaud effort, dedication, and hard work. We hope you can join us not whether a Beginner, Intermediate, or Proficient.