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Swahili
Study in Kenya
The Yale University
Program
Summer 2008
June 2 to July 25, 2008
Intermediate Level
SWAH S130 & SWAH S140
Yale Summer Programs and the Yale University Council on African
Studies in conjunction with the Swahili Resource Centre will offer an intermediate intensive Swahili course
in Kenya during summer, 2008. The eight-week course will be
the equivalent of an academic year of study. The course work
will emphasize practical conversational experience and interactions
with Swahili speakers. The course will be based in Old Town Mombasa.
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Mji wa Mombas
Mchoraji Janet Allen |
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Ndia Kuu
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Course Description
Refinement of
the student's speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
Prepares the student for further work in literary, language,
and cultural studies as well as for a functional use of Kiswahili.
Study of structure and vocabulary is based on a variety of
cultural documents including literary and nonliterary texts.
The course will be affiliated with the Swahili Resource Centre
in the Old Town of Mombasa, Kenya. Not for beginners;
prerequisites include documentation of previous study of Kiswahili.
After Swahili 120.
Registration for the program will be through Yale
Summer Programs. Tuition: $4,000; Room and Board: $2,500.
A brief application to the
Council on African Studies is also required, and should be
mailed to the address below.
For further information contact:
Ann Biersteker
Council on African Studies
34 Hillhouse Avenue
P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8260
Phone: (203) 432-9902
Fax: (203) 432-5963
E-mail: ann.biersteker@yale.edu
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