This course concentrates on developing communicative skills to enable the learners engage in meaningful verbal interactions with other Swahili speakers. In order to achieve this goal, most lessons are task-based, both pedagogic and real-life tasks. Activities such as role-play, creating sample materials, discussion, storytelling, describing scenes, and studying authentic cultural objects are used. Reading and writing passages are carried out as would be in a Swahili speaking community. Prerequisite: AAS 116 or permission from the instructor after testing.