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 https://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.
