Team > Shani Khalfan
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
Literatures in African Languages
Shani Khalfan
Swahili Lecturer
Currently replacing Dr. Serena Talento
formerly worked as Swahili Instructor at State University of Zanzibar (SUZA)
Education Background
2017 - 2019 |
Master of Education in Teaching Kiswahili for Speakers of Other Languages (M.Ed. TEKSOL) The State University of Zanzibar |
1st Mar – 30th Mar 2013 |
University of Siena (Italy), Italian Language (A1 – A2 Certificate) |
5th Jan – 28th April 2011 |
Indiana University (USA), Swahili Language Teachers Professional Development Program |
2007 – 2010 |
B. Ed in English/History (The State University of Zanzibar) |
1998 – 2000 |
Diploma in Language with Education (Spanish Language) Institute of Kiswahili and Foreign Languages (IKFL) – Zanzibar |
1996 – 1998 |
Certificate in Language with Education (Spanish Language) Institute of Kiswahili and Foreign Languages (IKFL) – Zanzibar |
Workshop
12th May 2012 |
Workshop on the Development of Kiswahili Teaching Materials for Second Language Learners – (SUZA) |
6th May - 12th May 2013 |
Workshop for Trainers of Second Language. (Swahili) Ms TCDC – Arusha |
7th July – 9th July 2017 |
Workshop on Foreign Language Teaching. Nkrumah Campus (SUZA) Zanzibar |
20th Feb – 23rd Feb 2018 |
Workshop on Dictionary Writing Skills – Nkrumah Campus (State University of Zanzibar. |
19th Nov – 21st Nov 2018 |
Second Research Workshop on Language Education, Youth, Gender and Development. Agency for Development Education Management (ADEM) Bagamoyo, Tanzania |
14th Dec 2018 |
Workshop on Teaching Kiswahili for Foreigners, State University of Zanzibar |
Research Interests – Language Teaching and Learning
- “Changamoto zinazowakabili walimu katika Ufundishaji wa Kiswahili kama Lugha ya Kigeni katika Stadi ya Kusoma” (http://repository.suza.ac.tz)
Publication
Participated in writing
- Zungumza - Kiswahili Hatua ya Kwanza (2013) Education Publishers Ltd (Dar es Salaam) (Under SUZA
Manuscripts
Participated in writing
- Zungumza - Kiswahili Hatua ya Pili
- Zungumza - Kiswahili Hatua ya Tatu
- Hadithi Fupi
- Semi za Kiswahili
- Kitabu cha Sarufi
- Jifunze Kihispania
Faculty of Languages & Literatures
Literatures in African Languages
Shani Khalfan
Swahili Lecturer
Phone: +255 776 512 000 (WhatsApp)
E-mail: Shani.Khalfan@uni-bayreuth.de / shani.khalfan@suza.ac.tz/shnkhalfan@gmail.com