Instead of a 30-minute trial lesson, this month I'm offering a full 1-HOUR trial lesson. This is YOUR customized Kiswahili trial lesson– whether you want help with a certain area of Kiswahili, or if you want to see if I am the teacher for you. 🤓 

With my curriculum and materials, I generally work with motivated students long term, especially students who have partners, friends and relatives who are Kiswahili speakers. Before our Trial Lesson, try to tell me as much as you can about your Kiswahili journey so I can prepare for our first lesson. 

If you are a beginner, you will walk away knowing Swahili greetings and how to introduce yourself. 🤝 If you are at an intermediate level, we will dive right into the area of Kiswahili that YOU want to focus on. 🎯 If you're interested in conversational Kiswahili lessons, we will ONLY speak Kiswahili from our first lesson. 🗣️ Karibu!

⚡ Get to know each other– brief Tutor/Tutee introductions
⚡ Discuss WHY you are learning Swahili– mission, travel, volunteering, work, etc.
⚡ Your PLAN: what YOU want to know in Swahili– what GOALS do you want to FOCUS on?
⚡ Tell me the LEARNING style you prefer– conversational, organized step-by-step, or both?
⚡ What TOPICS do you like, want, or need to be able to discuss in Swahili?
⚡ Assess your LEVEL in Swahili– and what apps, materials, classes you have taken
⚡ Recommend a course PATH for you & the best way to develop YOUR Swahili
🔥 Demo teaching: Dive right into a lesson on the first day! 🗣️ 
⚡ Summary, Homework suggestion, and Next Lesson plans
⚡ You will leave with my customized Introductory PDF "packet"

You will walk away from this lesson with a specific language learning goal in an established amount of time. For example, "I want to be able to _______ in Swahili within ___ months."

Virtual Reality tours, 📸 Graphic Novels, 💥 and more– This is a stress-free guided conversation practice that is 100% in Kiswahili. 🗣️💬 You'll know you're ready when you can do most things in my Foundations of Kiswahili course (you are approaching level B1+) and you can understand answers and phrases of slowly and carefully spoken Kiswahili directed towards you. No English needed. 🗑🔥

👉 Let's talk about: daily routines, recent activities and events, language learning, music and movies, something or someone in popular culture– even history and current world events! You can also come to class with specific grammar areas of Kiswahili that you want to practice through conversation. I enjoy talking about culture and society, anthropology, history and world events, and I love learning new things.

👉 We can go on adventures by reading original stories, a Comic Book, or Graphic Novel together 100% in Kiswahili! 💥📚 Through music and images, we can check out the environment of Lake Tanganyika and its towns, villages, and farms from of my years of research and living in Kigoma, Tanzania! 📸 🌴 We can take Virtual Reality tours using videos, 360º photographs, and Google Maps! 

We will develop more complicated grammar such as verb extensions, conditional and compound tenses, negative tense in past and future, the location noun class, compare noun classes, and build professional and academic vocabulary for research or work. I'm confident I can get you to a B2-C1 level in the time your personal commitment allows you to, where you feel comfortable not using English with native speakers. 

I use the Comprehensible Input (Krashen) and Total Physical Response (Asher) theories in language learning.💡🙌 You will be surprised how much you understand with visuals, dynamic gestures, miming, and props to create an interactive experience as we converse together, and talk about stories and pictures. I can write new vocab in the chat and send you a document after each lesson. 📄

Mazungumzo kwa Kiswahili 💯 100% Kiswahili Conversation Practice 🗣️

In this course, you will build the foundations for navigating daily life in your Kiswahili "safari." This is a curriculum I have designed using the most recommended Kiswahili resources, my own immersion experiences with the language every day, and other resources I have found during my research.

☑️ Conversational Kiswahili– natural everyday spoken Kiswahili 🤝 NOT outdated textbook or tourist Kiswahili 🙅
☑️ Structured learning plan customized to your level and needs that integrates grammar and conversation in a no-stress, clear, and organized curriculum 📚📓
☑️ Engaging supplemental learning aids delivered to your inbox– online resources, videos, songs, and films. Personalized according to your interests! 🍛🎶🎥✈️
☑️ Customized, teacher-created PDFs and audio recordings together with easy real life stories 📄🎧📖
☑️ Personalized feedback and homework after every lesson– you know your next steps ✏️
☑️ I'm available between lessons– you can send me messages & voice messages for questions, feedback, and corrections 📱💬
☑️ Exclusive access to monthly group lessons with other students🧑‍💻🧑‍💻🧑‍💻

☑️ Resources only teach coastal Kiswahili ⛔️ but my curriculum includes continental Kiswahili. This includes Kiswahili of inland Tanzania and Eastern Congo 🌍
☑️ Methodology: Comprehensible Input (Krashen et al.) and Total Physical Response (Asher et al.) using visual images and gestures 🙌
☑️ Start constructing sentences from day one– we will converse in Kiswahili naturally in every lesson 🗣️
☑️ I have been there myself and understand the challenges of being an adult learner– you will have the strategies and shortcuts that few people are taught 💯

We will immerse ourselves in Swahili culture, history, and politics through speaking, listening materials, videos, music, films, and real life stories. Let's prepare you for your first day, week, and first months with confidence. Our goal is to find you a conversation partner by the completion of this 28 lesson course. 🚀

FOUNDATIONS OF KISWAHILI 🏠 The Fundamentals Customized For You 🚀 Step by Step Kiswahili Acquisition

Please contact me if you are interested in a different study plan or arrangement from what is offered above.  Previous inquiries and arrangements for this course have included:  translation & transcription services,  Congolese Swahili (Kingwana),  group lessons,  research preparation consultation,  lessons for adolescents (14+),  focus on East African music,  a self-study curriculum,  arrangements to meet in-person,  and specific learning plans based on focused aspects of standardized Swahili grammar.  Contact me BEFORE booking a customized arrangement and to discuss pricing.  Asante!

Customized Kiswahili Study Plans and Services

Conducted research and interviews in Kiswahili language about music culture through community immersion; Facilitated community Music & Debate Classes in Kiswahili language without use of English, interpreters or translators.