An Introduction to Spoken Setswana – Karen S. Mistry

A guide to instruction in Setswana, the most widely dispersed Bantu language in Southern Africa, includes general material about the language, materials for the teacher, 163 lessons, vocabulary lists, and supplementary materials and exercises.

Introductory material about the language discusses its distribution and characteristics, and orthography.

Each of the lessons consists of at least two phases: mimicry and communication. The first focuses on pronunciation, manipulation of grammatical elements, learning the meanings of words and sentences, and some memorization. The second focuses on the production of connected conversation.

Lesson topics include elements of interpersonal communication, identification, and items and skills of daily living. Setswana-English and English-Setswana vocabularies are included and phonology exercises, reading passages, word lists, and suggested activities and discussion topics are appended.