Masabelane ngesiXhosa! Let us share in isiXhosa: Beginner isiXhosa for staff

Name: Masabelane ngesiXhosa! Let us share in isiXhosa: Beginner isiXhosa for staff
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Masabelane ngesiXhosa! That means, ‘Let us share in isiXhosa’. We are inviting you to come and share in the language and culture of isiXhosa during your lunch hour. We offer two eight-week courses (two one-hour sessions per week, 13:00 to 14:00), open to Stellenbosch University staff members.

Masabelane A1 (Beginner) is aimed at staff members who have not attended an isiXhosa course before, and you are bound to have fun while you learn. The course aims to teach you about the isiXhosa language and culture, and to enable you to engage in meaningful conversation at beginner level. By doing this course you will be actively cultivating a multilingual mindset in the office and in class.
Dates: 22 August to 11 November 2022
Register here.

Masabelane A2 (Elementary) is a brand-new short course aimed at staff members with a beginner’s knowledge of isiXhosa. It is the ideal follow-up course if you have completed the original Masabelane course and would like to further your knowledge of the language. If you haven’t attended Masabelane but you already know a bit of isiXhosa, you’re also welcome here. This is a fun-filled course offering you a linguistic and cultural taste of isiXhosa as a language in a wider cultural context. By the end of the course you should be able to speak social isiXhosa with confidence and identify the gist of social conversations. You will also have knowledge of basic isiXhosa grammar, vocabulary and idiomatic expressions.
Dates: 22 August to 11 November 2022
Register here.

2022 course dates

22 August to 11 November, for both Masabelane A1 (Beginner) and A2 (Elementary)

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Presenters

Stembele Johnson – Stembele is a young and dynamic isiXhosa language facilitator. She enjoys sharing her love for the isiXhosa language and its culture with her students, and she believes that learning a new language connects people from different cultures and creates a space for people to grow. She enjoys helping her students become part of a broader isiXhosa culture in an encouraging learning and teaching environment.

Location

To be confirmed

We will focus on the following themes to enhance your ability to communicate in isiXhosa:

Greeting people and making introductions
Asking about someone’s health and feelings
Inviting someone for a drink or something to eat
Ordering something to drink and eat at a restaurant
Identifying kitchen contents
Making and answering telephone calls
Speaking about the weather
Naming the months and days of the week
Setting up formal and informal appointments
Giving directions
Asking for help at a filling station

This course is presented over eight weeks. We use a communicative approach to teaching, which means that you will learn isiXhosa in a fun and exciting way. Normally we will have face-to-face contact sessions of two hours per week, but at the moment those sessions are conducted online. We use MS Teams and SUNLearn as platforms for our online activities, and study material is provided.

We love interacting with you to give you the practice you need so that you can become confident in speaking the language. There will be speaking tasks at a lower beginner level as well as group interaction with the presenter.

You need to attend all the sessions; there are no tests, but you will be continuously assessed on the basis of your participation in class.

You need a smart phone with WhatsApp to receive messages about the content, tasks due and activities. We recommend a computer with internet access and a microphone to participate in the live sessions on MS Teams and to complete the online activities outside of class.

Any Stellenbosch University staff member with no previous knowledge of isiXhosa.

To register for this course, contact Nwabisa Madikane.

You will receive a certificate of attendance after you have completed the course successfully.

You will not only learn a new language but will also be empowered with multilingual and multicultural skills. You may also find that you can connect better with students and colleagues in basic isiXhosa conversations. In addition, you will be able to start appreciating isiXhosa as a regional language and its position as an official language in South Africa.