This book is designed to enable students at the intermediate and advanced levels to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili. Appropriate for classroom or independent use, this book provides a transition to unassisted reading of journalistic, scholarly and literature works in Swahili. The lessons in the book include contemporary texts on a wide range of topics from cooking and courtship to politics and poetry. Each lesson includes glosses in Swahili that define the vocabulary; grammatical and cultural notes; comprehensive questions; and activities.
About the book
This book is designed to enable students at the intermediate and advanced levels to read and understand authentic texts in Swahili. Appropriate for classroom or independent use, this book provides a transition to unassisted reading of journalistic, scholarly and literature works in Swahili. The lessons in the book include contemporary texts on a wide range of topics from cooking and courtship to politics and poetry. Each lesson includes glosses in Swahili that define the vocabulary; grammatical and cultural notes; comprehensive questions; and activities.