By Elana Harnish
This summer, Ohio University’s Center for International Studies and the Linguistics Department are hosting an intensive elementary Swahili program over the course of four weeks beginning on July 5. The course is a great learning opportunity in a fun environment, and it is being offered tuition-free.
The program is accepting applications until June 10 from undergraduates at any institution as well as high school students from the surrounding school districts. Students who enroll will learn about African economics and culture and take part in three field trips, in addition to learning Swahili.
OHIO faculty and staff members Peter Githinji, Catherine Cutcher and Peter Mwangi received grant funding for the program from STARTALK, a program of the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. The support from STARTALK will cover in-state tuition and fees for 20 students who will attend this summer’s program, along with the costs for books, meals and three field trips.
Mwangi, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs in the Patton College of Education and Swahili language teaching assistant, will serve as the primary instructor of the program. He will have support from Cutcher, assistant director for global studies programs at the Center for International Studies, and several teaching assistants and cultural consultants.
Once students complete the summer program and the online work assigned during the fall semester they will earn four hours of college credit for Elementary Swahili I, SWAH 1110.
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