This course has been writing for those who wish to teachthemselves Swahili, but have little or no backgroundknowledge of the language. The easy-to-follow steps are backed up by regular exerciseswhich practice and develop the student's command ofSwahili. The book covers all the important grammar pointsand in addition includes both English-Swahili and Swahili-English vocabulary lists, a summary of verb tenses, asimplified glossary of grammatical terms and other usefulappendices.