RE DOCUMENT RESUME ED 402 762 FL 074 318 AUTHOR Matovu, Kasalina; And Others TITLE Luganda Self-Instructing Learner's Manual. INSTITUTION CHP International, Ine., Oak Park, TI SPONS AGENCY Peace Corps, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 94 NOTE. 158p. PUB TYPE Guides ~ Classroom Use ~ Instructional Materials (For Learner) (051) LANGUAGE English; Ganda EDRS PRICE MO1/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Acculturation; African Languages; Bantu Languages; Community Services; Competency Based Education; Conversational Language Courses; *Daily Living Skills: Dialogs (Language); Food; Foreign Countries; %Ganda; Grammar; Health; “Interpersonal Communication; Language Patterns; Second Language Instruction; "Second Language Learning; Social Behavior; Uncomsonly Taught Languages; Vocabulary Development; Voluntary Agencies; *Volunteer Training IDENTIFIERS Peace Corps; Shopping; *Uganda ABSTRACT This guide is designed for Lugands (Ganda) Language training of Peace Corps workers in Uganda, and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of an introduction fon use of the materiale and a series of topical instructional ‘units addressing specific language competencies. Each unit includes the targeted competency and a behavioral objective, text or dialogue, several grannar and vocabulary exercises, and grammar and cultural notes. Unit topics include greetings and leave-takings, introduetions, food and drink, daily activities, health, friendship, hone, transportation, health and parts of the body, climate and clothing, and typically difficult Luganda expressions for non-Bantu speakers. Appended materials include verb lists and topical vocabulary lists. (HSE) LARIUUGISLR ARR ii i ei eR ISI IRI * — Reproductivns supplied by EDRS are the beat that eon bo mado = * : * from the original document. * SORE EEE A AIO SI SSIS RSS Sa A A AFLeaysly? ED 402 762 LUGANDA SELF-INSTRUCTING LEARNER'S MANUAL TIONAL. INC. cur at OCTOREE 19 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 Caen nn nce ElBASIC LUGANDA SELF INSTRUCTING LEARNER'S MANUAL Preliminaries ‘This manual is intended for those people who come from English speaking areas. It targets those who have no prior knowledge of Luganda, and its main objective is to nid those, who are determined and ready to take on the challenge of getting initiated in a new and unique language and culture, to accomplish an intermediate level, 3. ‘There are several assumptions which must be made from the beginning. ‘Although the basic method of approach is competency based, the arrangement and presentation of specific aspects of the language is governed by the principle of a gradual movement from simple Structures to more and more complex ones. This arrangement jgoverns the choice of vocabulary, phrases and sentence structure. ‘The grammatical structures are not raught explicitly, but rather are discovered from conversational exercises. The student receives ‘explanations on specific structures at the end of specifically difficult structures ‘There are some cultural explanations which are aimed at making the learning of the language more realistic and easily applicable to different situations The repetitions, activities, questions and exercises are supposed to help stimulate the leaeners participation and genuine interest in the lessons learn. ‘There will be some tapes which could be used with this manual. ‘The questions and exercises must be done and corrected before one proceeds to the next unit [At the end of each unit, alist of vocabulary items is given. This list includes both the items used within the unit as well as other related words. Dr. Kasalina Matovu, Makerere University, October 1994 BEST COPY AVAILABLE