This textbook is aimed towards the beginning student of Swahili and is designed to cover almost all the main features of Swahili structure. The course is divided into 87 "cycles," each of which begins with an "M" phase (mimicry, meaning, manipulation, memorization), and ends with a "C" phase (conversation and…

This manual is designed to accompany the Peace Corps student's texts in the Chichewa language. It contains three parts: (1) a discussion of basic concepts in language teaching and learning, including theoretical background, major language teaching methods, language acquisition, and sociolinguistics; (2) an outline of the materials and methods that…

This teaching guide is designed to accompany the three Peace Corps students' books in Tanzanian Swahili. Its goal is to help the native speaker understand the American volunteers' viewpoints and to provide detailed information on methods and techniques for teaching the Swahili language and Tanzanian culture. The guide has three parts: (1) an…

This teaching guide is designed to accompany the three Peace Corps students' books in Setswana, the language of Botswana. Its goal is to help the native speaker understand the American volunteers' viewpoints and to provide detailed information on methods and techniques for teaching the Setswana language and culture. The guide has three parts: (1)…

This text contains 62 lessons in Hausa for the student of Hausa as a second Language. The principal emphasis of the lessons is in developing skills in the spoken language, and study is preferable with a native speaker of Hausa. The use of English is to be avoided except when absolutely necessary. Because of the attention given to oral skills, the…

This textbook on the Nembe language of Nigeria is written for students whose mother tongue is not Nember and for beginners in elementary school. In the introduction, notes on the new Nembe orthography are given, including vowels, nasalized vowels, consonants, tones, and word division. Notes on the grammar are next, with discussion of pronouns,…

This text contains 65 lessons in Twi for the student of Twi as a second language. The principal emphasis of the lessons is in developing skills in the spoken language, and study is preferable with a native speaker of the language. The use of English is to be avoided except when absolutely necessary. Because of the attention given to oral skills,…

This course is an introduction to Maninka-kan, a language spoken by six large populations in West Africa. It makes no claim to being the definitive work in the language, but it provides a basis for continued study. The two major sections of the course are: (1) technical information about the language, plus a number of tonal and grammatical drills;…

This volume, written in Sara-Ngambay, English, and French, is the final text in a three-volume course on Sara-Ngambay, a dialect spoken in the town of Moundou in southern Chad. Principal sections of the text are devoted to the phonology and grammar of the language. An extensive glossary and an index to the notes in lessons 1-50 are also included.…

The third volume of an annual series following the arrangement of the "MLA International Bibliography" compiles selected abstracts of journal articles in the field of linguistics. Abstracts are classified under the following sections: general linguistics; theoretical and descriptive linguistics; comparative and historical linguistics;…

This basic Mandinka course consists of a series of dialogues with drills, questions, and improvised situations based on the real life experiences of Peace Corps volunteers in the Gambia. The teaching method is structured around choral repetition, backward build-up for difficult sequences, individual repetition, precise explanations of vocabulary,…

Two prose passeges (one English, one Yoruba) were used as reading texts in a study of 29 undergraduates in the University of Ibadan to determine whether native speakers of Yoruba read English texts faster and more efficiently than they read equivalent texts in Yoruba. Most read Yoruba more slowly than in English. (LBH)

Considers the controversy over English or Kiswahili (the national language) as the language of instruction in Tanzania, discussing language use, language policy in the educational system, and prevailing language attitudes. Steps toward making Kiswahili as the language of instruction are suggested. (Author/CB)

Discusses the problems of selecting a language of instruction in Nigerian schools due to the fact that Nigerian languages are rich in expression in traditional settings but generally insufficient to cope with a modern school curriculum. Eight solutions to specific educational problems are offered. (Author/DB)

This study compared the impact of experimental bilingual schools to the impact of regular schools in Guinea-Bissau and Niger. The Guinea-Bissau school used Creole for instruction in the first two grades, then transitioned abruptly to Portuguese in third grade. Nigerian children were taught in one of the five main languages (Hausa, Zarma, Peul,…