High School University

Samuel Mukoma,

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San Leandro, CA 94577

Email: m **********@*****.***

Cell phone no: 206-***-****

Work Experience

PERSONAL PROF I LE

Presently, I am working as a Swahili Instructor at University of San Francisco. I have very

good teaching evaluations from my students and my supervisor. I am a Kenyan Citizen and

an American Permanent Resident. I hold a Masters Degree in Swahili Linguistics and

L i terature from University of Nairobi, Kenya and a Bachelor of Education Degree in

Swahili language teaching from Moi University in Kenya. I have more than ten years of

teaching Swahili, interpretation, t ranslation and t ranscription in Swahili/ English along

w ith my Bachelors and Masters Degrees where the primary language of instruction was

Swahili and English. Being a native of Kenya, I lived in Kenya for 35 years. Swahili being

t he national and official language and English being the official language in Kenya, I

s tarted speaking Swahili language at a very early age. I also star ted learning Swahili and

E nglish at school from kindergarten all the way to University. I am also a native speaker of

K ikuyu language which is one among the forty two local languages in Kenya. I also worked

as a Swahili teacher in Kenya for 10 years where the language of inst ruction was Swahili.

Being born and raised in Kenya, I am very knowledgeable of the culture, t raditions and

customs of the Swahili people and Africans in general. I am a registered Swahili language

teacher with the teacher’s service commission, KENYA. I have a lot of professional

experience as a Swahili teacher both in Kenya and in the US. I always meet my work

deadlines and I am very hard working with or without supervision. I am willing to t ravel

and relocate for job assignments. I have been able to t ravel to many parts of the world

w here I learnt about different people and their culture and which gave me international

exposure. I use the modern pedagogy in my teaching and I attend pedagogy t raining and

workshops regularly. I am cheerful, friendly and yet authoritative. Based on these

qualifications, I believe that I have the best suited for this position.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

1.English f luent- Understand, Speak, Read, Write

2. Swahili- Native speaker, Read, Understand, Write.

3.Kikuyu- Native speaker, read, Understand, Write.

4.Kamba- native equivalent, Read, Understand, Write.

Passed the test of Swahili/ English t ranslator, Interpreter, Kenya.

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS excel MS Word, MS Power Point, Windows Operating System .

Nominated as the best Swahili teacher, Rungiri High School, Kenya, 2005.

WORK/ PROFESSIONAL EXPER IENCE

August 2010- to date

University of San F rancisco

S wahili P rofessor,

Duties

Teaching Swahili language and culture to foreign Student using modern pedagogy and

technology e.g. Smart class, blackboard e.t.c, p reparation of teaching and learning

materials, syllabus etc

June 2010- August 2010

Swahili I nstructor

Dictyon.net

Duties

Teaching Swahili language and culture to government personnel using modern technologies

and pedagogy, e.g Scola, In ternet ect.

April 2010-August 2010.

ABC language School, Washington D.C

Swahili instructor,

Duties,

Teaching Swahili language to foreign students

October 2009-April 2010

University of Washington, Seattle

Focus group lead,

Duties

Leading focus groups on topics about H IV/AIDS

September 2009-August 2009,

Swahili P rofessor,

University of Washington, Seattle

Duties

Teaching Swahili language and culture to foreign students using modern pedagogy in

p reparation for their study abroad program.

Preparation of teaching learning materials, syllabus etc

J une 2009-August 2009,

North Seattle Community College,

Swahili P rofessor,

Duties,

Teaching Swahili language and culture to foreign Students, preparation of teaching and

learning material,syllabus etc.

2001-2003,

University of Nai robi, Kenya

Swahili lecturer,

Duties,

Teaching Swahili linguistics and li terature to undergraduate students at the department of

l inguistics and African languages, preparation of teaching and learning material.

2004-2006

R ungiri H igh School,

Swahili Inst ructor, Head of languages department,

Teaching Swahili to H igh school students, preparation of teaching and learning materials

etc.

2000-2004

Kenya National Examination Council,

Swahili language Examiner

2000-2005,

Kenya Bible Society,

Swahili t ranslator and interpreter

Translation, In terpreting and t ranscription of documents from Swahili to English and vice

-versa.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIAT IONS,

2009 to date

Member, African Language Teachers Association.

2007-to date

Member, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language(ACTFL)

2002-to date

K enya Swahili Linguists Association.

1996- to date

EDUCAT ION:

July 2011

National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL)

African Languages Teaching Pedagogy

January 2011

A merican Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages ( ACTFL)

Foreign Language Teaching Pedagogy

2002

University of Nai robi, Kenya

Master of Arts in Swahili linguistics.

1996,

Moi University, Kenya,

Bachelor of Education(arts) Swahili teaching(major),Geography(minor)

1990

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ( K . C . S . E ).

1986

K enya Certificate of Pr imary Education. ( K. C . P. E )

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