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Lesson 1 : The Vowels . ANCHOR I: SOMALI LANGUAGE FOUNDATIONS. First: 4 big advantages for bilinguals. Scientists said being bilingual makes you smarter.
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Lesson 1: The Vowels ANCHOR I: SOMALI LANGUAGE FOUNDATIONS
First: 4 big advantages for bilinguals • Scientists said being bilingual makes you smarter. • It profoundly affects your brain, improving cognitive skills and shielding against dementia in old age. (New York Times, March 17, 2012): • Both old and young benefit it; doesn’t matter when you have learned it.. (York University Research, 2011). • A whole new window opens for you expanding your sense of belongings, community and social circles and world view.
Purpose: • The purpose of this course is to teach how to read and write and speak the Somali language. • It is specifically designed for English language speakers.
C) Culture Capsule1: Somalia is an old country!….. • About 3500 years ago, Hatshepsut,the queen of Egypt used to call Somalia Puntland (land of Incenses). • Sometimes she called it the Land of ancestors. Today, a whole region of Somalia calls itself Puntland.