Xhosa Classes and Corporate Packages

Craig Charnock conducts popular and enjoyable evening classes to help adult learners become comfortable and confident in everyday conversational Xhosa, through a mix of simplified and appropriate grammatical explanations, useful and important vocabulary and warm, engaging classes.

"Relaxed, informal, non-judgemental but focused. Having tried books, and having heard other people have done the UCT summer school & found it too much, I’d say this was the ideal way to get underway and start speaking immediately."

- Bryan Rostron, writer -

"Craig teaches Xhosa at the right speed, not in a rush, and he makes sure that Everyone SPEAKS the language in class, and I feel this is hugely important, as I did Xhosa for 1 year, but the teacher insisted on giving us grammar and would not make us speak or speak to us in Xhosa the way Craig did, and as a result I had no confidence to Speak it, but now I do."

- Silvana Silverman, domestic engineer -

The Course: Classes are relaxed and enjoyable, but a degree of focus and application will be gently coerced from you. The course consists of 12 lessons, which are mirrored in the content of two Audio Cds, "Haibo, Andiyazi!" 1 and 2 with accompanying manuals. Interesting and insightful culture topics are discussed in each class.

Beginners course consists of Module A and Module B:

Module A: Includes CD 1 and manual – 6 lessons*
Lesson 1: Pronunciation, reading the language and Greetings
Lesson 2: Introduction to Verbs and Prefixes
Lesson 3: Sentence Building Blocks and NB 1st Sentences
Lesson 4: Greetings, Names and Appropriate Titles
Lesson 5: Introductions and Pleasantries
Lesson 6: Integration Orals and extra lessons

Module B: Includes CD 2 and manual – 6 lessons*
Lesson 7: Negatives
Lesson 8: Past Tense and Negative Past Tense
Lesson 9: Asking questions
Lesson 10: Na as and / with / have
Lesson 11: Conversational Application for daily usage
Lesson 12: Integration Conversation Orals

Venues:

Evenings - Montebello on Newlands Avenue, Newlands. Click for map and directions.

Day classes -

Ubuntu Wellness Centre.
Cape Town Medi-Spa.
99 Kloof Street, Gardens
(http://www.ubuntu-wellness.co.za).

Course details and bookings below. For those who cannot make the courses, The Audio CDs "Haibo, andiyazi!" CD1 and 2 with accompanying manuals (emailed or bound) are also available to be ordered on the CD sales page.

Cramming weekend workshops are sporadically offered, as well as groups for high school students needing to improve their Xhosa. Please see see below for further details.

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