Language courses 2009

INTRODUCTION

Communicating in a foreign language is a challenge for people engaged in development work in East Africa. During the last 30 years, MS-TCDC has developed extensive expertise in enabling expatriates to improve their language skills. As a result, our training has gained a very strong reputation in the East African Region.

The international composition of the Swahili classes and the many other development training activities taking place at MS-TCDC enhance informal cross-cultural discussions and provides participants with important contacts valuable for their future life in East Africa.

Our language training includes:

·Regular Swahili courses at three levels

·Tailor-made Swahili courses at MS-TCDC or a venue of participants’ choice.

·Swahili oral proficiency tests

·Tailor-made English course

·Tailor-made Tanzania Orientation Course

Common features and methodologies for our language courses are:

·Small groups with a maximum of five students per trainer. The groups are formed according to the learning abilities of participants, and MS-TCDC applies a very high degree of flexibility in the teaching levels.

·A wide variety of pedagogical methods: textbooks, audio-visual aids such as videos, tapes, and pictures, language games and role-plays which make the lessons varied and very functional.

·Excursions to institutions and places in the neighbourhood for language skills

·Each topic will be integrated with a cultural note related to core values

·Kiswahili Oral Proficiency Test is used for all levels of language students