Masazane ngesiXhosa booGqirha (Let’s get to know each other in isiXhosa, Medics)

Name: Masazane ngesiXhosa booGqirha (Let’s get to know each other in isiXhosa, Medics)
SKU: 13560
Price: 2625 ZAR
Availability: InStock

R2 625

Would you like to connect better with your isiXhosa patients? Our beginner isiXhosa course for healthcare professionals will enable you to do exactly that. In addition, it will open up the language and culture of your isiXhosa patients for you so that you understand each other better.

This is an eight-week course (two hour sessions per week), open to Stellenbosch University staff and to external clients working in health-related fields. Our Masazane course aims to teach you about the isiXhosa language and its culture, and to enable you to engage in meaningful conversation at beginner level. Through this course you will empower yourself to put multilingualism into practice in the medical field.

2025 course dates

TBC

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Presenters

Bongiwe Dlutu is an isiXhosa facilitator, and she loves sharing the isiXhosa language and culture with others. She is currently pursuing a PhD in African Languages, with a research focus on indigenous knowledge systems and the preservation of oral traditions. Her journey in education has been shaped by a deep passion for language, culture and empowering others through learning. She is committed to promoting multilingualism and using inclusive, humanising pedagogies in her teaching. Her work allows her to contribute meaningfully to the development of culturally responsive learning spaces where students feel seen, heard and valued.

Location

Stellenbosch University campus

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
Socialising with other people
Asking patients and clients about their illnesses
Explaining treatment and prescriptions
Speaking about the weather
Naming the months and days of the week
Setting up formal and informal appointments
Giving directions

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, SUNLearn, SUNOnline and WhatsApp 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.

Stellenbosch University staff members or external clients with no previous knowledge of isiXhosa who are medical doctors, health workers, pharmacists or working in related fields.

If you are interested in this course, contact Bongiwe Dlutu.

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. This will enable you to understand your patients or clients better, and, in return, they will trust you more and feel more comfortable to discuss their illness with you. You will also be able to start appreciating isiXhosa as a regional language and its position as an official language in South Africa.