LUGANDA: A BEGINNER’S LANGUAGE COURSE

Duration: 8 Weeks

Weekly study: 4 hours

100% online     Fee: $170 for the entire course

How it works:

Do you want to learn Luganda? Are you a student of African languages or do you need to learn Luganda for your work or studies?

Here is an 8-week online Luganda course that will teach you basic Luganda skills. It will give you the confidence to use the language to communicate in everyday situations and help you in your reading listening, writing and speaking skills.

After this course, you can proceed to the pre-intermediate course

Learn basic Luganda vocabulary

This is a basic course for beginners. At the beginning of this course, you will learn what to say when you meet new people, learn to introduce yourself and practice having conversations with Luganda speakers. You will work on your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills

It is an online course and by using your computer or smart phone, you will be able to hear people speaking  Luganda in different situations. You will test your understanding through quizzes.

Learn Basic Luganda grammar and common phrases

By the end of the course, you will be able to ask simple Luganda questions, talk about friends and family and discuss work and simple activities

You will be able to express your likes and dislikes, hold conversations about everyday activities and write simple letters to your friends. All these activities will improve your confidence in basic Luganda.

You will have a good understanding of basic grammar, including pronouns, tenses and some verbs.  Your pronunciation skills will also be put to test.

Topics you will cover:

Language to introduce yourself

• Describing your feelings
• Communicating places of residence
• Asking simple questions
• Talking about your friends and family and describing their personalities
• Talking about work and jobs
• Talking about what yo like and do not like
• Talking about hobbies
• Counting and ordinal numerals
• Days of the week
• Vocabulary

Expected achievements:

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Identify language used in everyday situations, like, communicating with people you meet and talking about work
2. Develop confidence in key language items useful in everyday situation.
3. Apply language skills in conversations
4. Develop understanding of relevant language that can help the learner to progress along the path to studying Luganda at a higher professional level.

Course developed by:

Margaret Nankinga& Andrew Kirabira

People you will learn with:

Register with us: Send mail to mnankinga@hotmail.com

You will be given payment details and a detailed course outline

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Detailed course outline  for learning basic Luganda for beginners

PART 1

1. Teaching Aids

• Videos and audios
• Key messages for each unit
• Scripts of videos

 1: Video introducing the course to the learner)

       - Script of introduction

 1.1 Greetings, and basic vocabulary

(Greetings - morning, afternoon, night- formal and informal)

 a) Video and audios about greetings for the different parts of the day

b) Script of audio and videos

c) Activity: Listen and practise speaking what you hear

1.2 Introducing yourself and others

(Introductions- What is your name? What is his/her name?)

a) Video about introductions in Luganda

b) script of video

c) Basic  vocabulary- personal pronouns

d) Activity: Imagine you are a new student, practise introducing yourself to your class  teacher using the word "Nze" (Please begin with greetings before the introduction.)

1.3 Communicating place of residence

(Asking and answering questions about residence)

-Basic Vocabulary – the yes/no responses

- Video- Listen and practice

1. Getting acquainted

- Sharing personal information and that of others,

-Basic- vocabulary- - What, where, who, why, when  how)

- Perfective, indicative, affirmative

-Video emphasizing intonation

1. Counting in Luganda and ordinal numerals

-( information about  your telephone age, number of children, number of siblings, friends  etc)

(information about positions)

1. Spelling

• Talking about countries and languages
• Talking about hobbies

1. Arranging to meet someone
2. Talking about work, professions and working hours
3. Exercise: Filling out a Luganda form

UNIT 2: Vocabulary:

1. Numbers
2. Countries and languages

• The Luganda Alphabet

1. Hobbies
2. Days of the week
3. Jobs

UNIT 3 Grammar:

1. W questions
2. Declarative sentences

• Verbs and personal pronouns

1. Irregular verbs and personal pronouns
2. Yes/No questions
3. Singular and plural nouns

• Cultural aspects:
• Formal and informal ways of addressing people

UNIT 4: Communicative aims:

1. Expressing likes and dislikes
2. Activities and hobbies
3. Talkingabout family
4. Ordering food and drink; food shopping

Outcome: Linguistic aims

Verb conjugation with irregular verbs

Moods:  Subjunctive mood, possessive articles.

Cultural clinic: Interactions at restaurants and cafes in Kampala, families, shopping

andinteraction with any other group of people.