IsiZulu for beginners
IsiZulu for beginners is an ideal course for delegates who have no prior knowledge of Zulu, to the essential communicative skills and vocabulary of this diverse language.
The first half of the course is aimed at the acquisition of basic Zulu communicative skills with the emphasis on everyday expressions and suitable high-frequency vocabulary. This is followed in the second half by the acquisition of more advanced communication skills in specific social situations in which everyday expressions and suitable high-frequency vocabulary are utilised.
Learning outcomes
After having completed this module, students will be able to:
- Properly pronounce Zulu speech sounds, words and sentences.
- Perform specific speech acts, such as greeting, giving commands and making statements.
- Produce and understand simple sentences in the three basic tenses, in both positive and negative form.
- Formulate and answer questions by using selected question words.
- Illustrate a thorough knowledge of the structure and meaning of selected linguistic structures.
Note: except for the first outcome, all outcomes listed above pertain to both written and oral form.
Course outline
Study themes:
- Pronunciation
- Greeting
- Commands
- Copulatives
- Simple sentences in the three basic tenses
- Prepositions
- Locatives
- Noun classes
- Subject and object concords
- Possessive constructions
- Adjectives
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: University of Pretoria, Pretoria
Cost: R4,640 per person, including course material.