Tanzania Ordinary Secondary Education Form III-IV Curriculum - Fasihi ya Kiswahili

This curriculum aims to equip students with knowledge, skills, and values that enable them to appreciate Swahili literary works, build African philosophy, evaluate artistic techniques in composition, and identify opportunities for self-employment or formal employment.

Form III

• Appreciating Swahili Literary Works:
• Defining the concept of Swahili literature, focusing on national identity. Students analyze various cultural elements (clothing, national songs, riddles, masks, literary texts, children's games) to identify national characteristics in art and objects. They discuss the meaning and characteristics of national Swahili literature based on these observations. Examples of texts used include the national anthem, "Tanzania Tanzania," "Tazama Ramani," and "Mashujaa wa Zanzibar," as well as folktales, poems, and children's literature. Students also analyze the characteristics of national literature in children's stories and folktales. Finally, they compose poems with characteristics of national literature.
• Critiquing the art and content in children's literature and films. This involves analyzing literary elements and themes in various media, including children's books, Swahili films, plays, and comedies.
• Building Philosophy from Literary Works:
• Defining concepts and elements of African philosophy in literature. Students analyze texts containing African philosophy and identify relevant elements. They also examine proverbs to identify the embedded philosophy. They then critique plays containing African philosophy.
• Using literary works to build logical arguments. Students analyze logical arguments in literary texts and identify the elements considered in constructing these arguments. They write analytical essays with logical arguments and use literature to present logical arguments in debates.
• Creating Literary Works:
• Evaluating artistic techniques in the composition of literary works. Students analyze songs, short stories, poems, and folktales to identify the artistic techniques used. They compare the use of these techniques across different works and discuss the techniques used in folktales.
• Composing simple literary works. Students learn the principles of composing traditional and modern poems and then compose their own. They also learn the principles of composing children's literature and create their own simple stories.
• Identifying opportunities arising from Swahili literature. Students identify opportunities related to composing, translating, editing, filmmaking, writing children's books, and publishing literary works. They also explore how to use ICT to promote and sell literary works.

Form IV

• Appreciating Swahili Literary Works:
• Critiquing art and content in old and new songs, including Taarab music and translated films. Students analyze the artistic elements and themes in these works.
• Building Philosophy from Literary Works:
• Critiquing novels and folktales containing African philosophy. Students analyze these works to identify and evaluate the philosophical elements. They also critique Swahili songs containing African philosophy and discuss the role of African philosophy in society.
• Using literary works to build logical arguments. Students use novels to write speeches with logical arguments and use plays to build logical arguments in interviews. They also use "ngonjera" (a form of Swahili poetry) to construct logical arguments in academic communication.
• Creating Literary Works:
• Composing simple literary works. Students analyze the principles of composing plays and then write their own short plays. They also analyze the principles of composing novels and write their own simple novels. Finally, they analyze the principles of composing comedies and write their own.
• Identifying opportunities arising from Swahili literature. Students identify opportunities related to composing literary works, translating and editing, filmmaking, writing children's books, publishing, and using ICT to promote and sell literary works.