Why?
No matter how many hours you spend in the classroom, no matter how good your teacher, or how colorful your textbook, at the end of the day it is you who has to do the learning.
There is no book in existence that covers all aspects of a language and even if there was, you would spend years in class studying with it. Therefore, learning how to learn more on your own may well be the most valuable skill any class can give you. This is even more obvious in Uganda, a country of over 30 languages and dialects. It is quite possible that even though you need one language for work, the people in your village speak a different dialect or even a completely different language.
How?
At the end of some units, you will find hints and assignments that will help you become an independent learner.
Interspersed throughout this language manual are assignments called Explorer’s Diary. They give you specific independent language learning assignments related to the language.