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    I am a student studying Swahili at The Language Center in Nairobi. The Language Center offers a lot of opportunities for language-enthusiasts. They teach several languages: English, French, Spanish, Chinese and some vernacular languages.
    The instructors and staff are very friendly. The Center is well known in Kenya, with students from all walks of life and a multitude of nationalities and a location ideal to many.


    Mrs. D. Safieddine
    Kiswahili Student

    My wife and I have been very pleased with the services and instruction we have received from The Language Center. The staff was very cordial and helpful in answering all our questions and assisting us in making application to the center. They assisted us in obtaining our Pupil's Passes from Immigration Department. The Center has a wide range of language instruction programs and they were very helpful as we selected a program of semi-private instruction off-site. We have an instructor that comes to our home three days a week. Our instructor is very good teacher. He speaks several languages well and understands the principles of good education. He has pushed us when we needed to be pushed and yet he was patient when we were struggling. We believe that we have received the best possible language learning program to meet our needs. We highly recommend the Language Center.



    Sincerely,


    Brent Halstead
    Missionary
    Kiswahili Student



    Hamjambo Mabibi na Mabwana?

    My name is John Kim. I am a Korean and a student in Kiswahili at The Language Center. I have been learning Kiswahili in a small group, which consists of five students. My teacher is very competent. He has a sense of humor and friendliness. Whoever learns Kiswahili from him will be happy and satisfied.

    Also, I like the staff of the Language Center. Because, they are not only all very friendly to everybody but also always have a smile on their faces which makes me happy and comfortable.
    This Language Center is a small but clean and well-maintained school. In addition, the area around here is very quiet which is good for learning a foreign language.

    Finally, I would like to propose an expansion of reference books in the library in order to satisfy students' intellectual curiosity.

    Siku njema! (Have a good day!)
    Mungu akubariki! (God bless you!)

    John Kim

    On the first week of January this year, I came to The Language Center and registered in its Kiswahili class with one prime goal that was to learn the language which would smooth my work here. Now that I have been attending Kiswahili class for almost three months, it's amazing to learn that my goal has been flourished with some extras!

    I know the importance of language and communication but language is not the only aspect which helps one to better communicate. To learn how and when is crucial. We are so blessed that our group teacher, has not only been teaching us the foundation to communicate in Kiswahili but also helped us to over come the cultural crush by feeding us with such amazing in depth background of Kenyans.

    We also have got to practice our Kiswahili through conversation with all the staff members whom I personally found to be very helpful.

    Not only that, here, we also have been enriched socially as we got the opportunity to meet with other fellow students from different countries and different background across the globe too!

    What could be a better place to learn a language with such extras???



    Jenni Morrison, UK

    Humanitarian Consultant On Livelihood, Micro finance & Capacity Building