Colloquial Swahili: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Swahili as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Swahili in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Colloquial Swahili is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.
Key features include:
A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Swahili-speaking countries.
An overview of the sounds of Swahili
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Swahili is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Swahili.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
By:
Donovan McGrath, Lutz Marten Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 2nd New edition Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 408g ISBN:9781138950177 ISBN 10: 1138950173 Series:Colloquial Series Pages: 352 Publication Date:01 July 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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Adult education
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ELT Advanced
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction. Unit 1. Welcome Unit 2. Where do you come from? Unit 3. The Family Unit 4. Travelling Unit 5. On the Move Unit 6. In the Countryside Unit 7. Sickness and Medical Treatment Unit 8. Visiting Unit 9. Doing Social Research Unit 10. A Wedding Celebration Unit 11. Trouble at Home Unit 12. Stories and Newspapers Unit 13. Communications Unit 14. Various Kinds of Music. Key to Exercises. Swahili-English Glossary. English-Swahili Glossary. Language Structure. Index.
