Synopses & Reviews
Swahili for Foreigners has been developed to help the non-native speaker learn the language systematically and with minimal teacher assistance. The book is divided into thirty-four lessons progressing from beginner to advanced level and includes exercises, verb tables and comprehensive English-Swahili/Swahili-English vocabulary lists. The author's approach is structured and grammatical, though as a native speaker with much experience of teaching Swahili to foreign diplomats and experts in Eastern and parts of Central Africa, she is also keen to communicate her enthusiasm for the Swahili language, its significance in and for Africa.
Synopsis
Designed by teachers and educators from all over Southern Africa, this book follows a development studies syllabus. The course provides aconceptual framework, and is intended to encourage students to apply thoseconcepts to their world. It covers introductory economics concepts;information on historical patterns; societal changes; problems and limitson the development process; internal problems such as the mobilisation ofa country's resources, and the nature and role of the government; externalproblems such as international trade and neo-colonialism; and goals andstrategies of development. Finally there is a brief look at the broad picture of development in Southern Africa, especially at the process of building regional cooperation.