Learn Swahili in a Fun Way: A linguistic Approach

by Joash J Gambarage, Musa Mgoli (Illustrator)

Overview

Over years of teaching Swahili to adults and children, Dr. Joash Gambarage has learned that repetitions (or exercises) are fundamental to helping learners grasp grammar and speak and read fluently quickly. Learn Swahili in a Fun Way: A Linguistic Approach offers an approach grounded in the beaty of language, and it is built on a wide variety of exercises and strategies for both beginning and intermediate learners. In each chapter, Dr. Gambarage offers pronunciation exercises, real-world conversation exercises, engaging stories, selected readings, games, and more.

Readers will be able to access audio files for grammar songs, speaking/listening dialogues, and reading exercises via the book's accompanying website at sites.google.com/view/learnswahiliinafunway/home. Additional instruction includes tips on teaching and learning African languages, Bantu grammar/syntax, and language documentation. Accompanying content is available on YouTube in video, audio, and karaoke formats.

Dr. Gambarage's engaging and fun learning tools include:

A game adapted to help the student learn possessive pronouns
A cartoon character who helps with learning numbers
An engaging story that teaches the perfect and past tenses with ease
Grammar songs for learning pronouns, tenses, and noun classes
The LalaLAla strategy for mastering stress
Color illustrations and iterative grammar excises for critical thinking

Based on the curriculum of Dr. Gambarage's own lecture notes, songs, and games, learners will find his instruction in Learn Swahili in a Fun Way invaluable as they enjoy their progress in the mastery of Swahili.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186169512
Publisher:	Gatekeeper Press
Publication date:	07/26/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Dr. Joash Gambarage is a lecturer at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) where he has been teaching linguistics, African studies, and the Swahili language since 2021. He was born in Tanzania and educated at the University of Dar Es Salaam where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education (Hon.) and later with a Master of Arts degree in linguistics. He received his PhD in linguistics in 2019 from the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Gambarage’s most recent work focuses on a linguistic method for teaching and learning African languages, Bantu grammar/syntax, and language documentation. In his book, Learn Swahili in a Fun Way, Dr. Gambarage advocates for new methods of learning Swahili in which he offers creative methods of language learning through fun activities like singing grammar songs, doing grammar drills, playing word games, and flash cards.