Join my level 2 students.
email for the phrase lists related to eating out.
Date: Wednesday 29th July
Time: 19h15 - 20h45
Venue: Dijo restaurant, Palmer Rd. Muizenberg. enter muizenberg, at main robots with Shoprite on your left, turn left and go under the dangerous railway bridge. first left into killarney, slight left and straight into palmer. Dijo is about the 2nd place on the right after the pub (on the corner).
Theme: Eating Out. The idea is to just meet and eat, but order in Xhosa and have a chance to ask me questions.
Sobonana.
The official blog of UBuntu Bridge and http://www.learnxhosa.co.za, where you will find information pertaining to Xhosa language courses, Xhosa learning manuals and Xhosa Audio Cds, as well as Xhosa immersion opportunities and general cultural points of interest.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
Earthchild Volunteer Opportunity THIS week!!!
Earthchild Project is running an exciting holiday program for 100 children at each of our schools in Khayelitsha and Lavender Hill.
HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED?
• Donation of money for healthy snacks and lunch
• Run arts & crafts, drama, dance, music, yoga or any other fun and uplifting activities with the kids
• Join in and assist activities mentioned above, as well as gardening, worm farming and story telling workshops
• Help with preparation of food
Dates: 29th June - 3rd July (first week school holidays)
Time: 09:00am – 1:00pm
Venue: Sakumlandela, Site B, Khayelitsha & Zerilda Park Primary, Lavender Hill
For more information contact: Lisa on 021 462 2218 or 083 644 4980
HOW CAN YOU BE INVOLVED?
• Donation of money for healthy snacks and lunch
• Run arts & crafts, drama, dance, music, yoga or any other fun and uplifting activities with the kids
• Join in and assist activities mentioned above, as well as gardening, worm farming and story telling workshops
• Help with preparation of food
Dates: 29th June - 3rd July (first week school holidays)
Time: 09:00am – 1:00pm
Venue: Sakumlandela, Site B, Khayelitsha & Zerilda Park Primary, Lavender Hill
For more information contact: Lisa on 021 462 2218 or 083 644 4980
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Dijo - African Restaurant
This place rocks - Dijo meaning food in Sesotho.
On Palmer Rd in Muizenberg. Delicious African food, real good value.
Plenty of variety.
Wonderful people. Practice your Xhosa.
021 7884912 for info and bookings.
ps. we will be having food lesson outings here
On Palmer Rd in Muizenberg. Delicious African food, real good value.
Plenty of variety.
Wonderful people. Practice your Xhosa.
021 7884912 for info and bookings.
ps. we will be having food lesson outings here
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Weekend Xhosa practice
Hi Guys
a beautiful opportunity for you to practice your Xhosa this weekend, experience ubuntu, give some of your energy back to the poorer communities (they love having you there) and having heartfelt fun.....
Some of the things we'll do on Sunday in Khayelitsha in no particular order..
Work in the garden and prepare it for planting (almost ready, as they've been working on it since the last community day.)
Paint a basic mural
Actiivities with kids: happy mobiles (arts and crafts), african drumming, drama (both acting as well as confidence and team-building stuff), tile painting, face-painting
watch the kids do their dance and drama performances
eat and drink
chill
play soccer against firefighters fc (could definitely use you as a midfielder)
wow that's sounds like a lot, but will be well-organised and chilled. there's also space for other stuff if you keen to lead something.
we'll meet at uct at 9 and be back by 5 at the very latest
If interested,
contact
mich
082 4503950
micheljoffe@gmail.com
a beautiful opportunity for you to practice your Xhosa this weekend, experience ubuntu, give some of your energy back to the poorer communities (they love having you there) and having heartfelt fun.....
Some of the things we'll do on Sunday in Khayelitsha in no particular order..
Work in the garden and prepare it for planting (almost ready, as they've been working on it since the last community day.)
Paint a basic mural
Actiivities with kids: happy mobiles (arts and crafts), african drumming, drama (both acting as well as confidence and team-building stuff), tile painting, face-painting
watch the kids do their dance and drama performances
eat and drink
chill
play soccer against firefighters fc (could definitely use you as a midfielder)
wow that's sounds like a lot, but will be well-organised and chilled. there's also space for other stuff if you keen to lead something.
we'll meet at uct at 9 and be back by 5 at the very latest
If interested,
contact
mich
082 4503950
micheljoffe@gmail.com
Monday, April 6, 2009
Xhosa-English/English-Xhosa Translation and Transcription Services
I'm very pleased to announce that we now offer professional translation and transcription services at competitive rates.
Good translation is hard to come by and we wish to see more investment in nurturing this important part of our multilingual society. Our translator is well qualified and has plenty of experience.
70c a word.
email info@learnxhosa.co.za with your request.
Good translation is hard to come by and we wish to see more investment in nurturing this important part of our multilingual society. Our translator is well qualified and has plenty of experience.
70c a word.
email info@learnxhosa.co.za with your request.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Video Promo - A Basic Xhosa Greeting
Learn vocab for a basic Xhosa greeting and then practice on screen with the teachers.
The African Handshake: How to
This is a temporary promo version. The fully scripted version has yet to be edited.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Recent Student Feedback - Silwood Feb 2009
"The course was different than what I expected. The course was informal enough to make you comfortable and not to let you feel embarrassed to try and speak Xhosa in front of other people. It was wonderful to meet such a lot of people that also want to learn to speak Xhosa and use the language with people in their own environment. Craig, thank you for the experience and the opportunity you gave me to start with a new language that will grow daily for me."
- Petrie le Roux
"With Xhosa, the mountain we need to climb is massive. As you so correctly said, you cannot carry us, we must walk ! Its very difficult to learn a language from scratch as an adult as you well know. We can only motivate ourselves. It will be years before the fruit off the Xhosa tree tastes really good. But even now we can experience the reward of of taking our first steps over that bridge of uBuntu. Your course brings like minded, conscious people together and that in itself is great. So thank you Titshala, Siyathanda ukuthetha isiXhosa, Siyazama !!" (We love to talk Xhosa. We'll keep trying) - Stephen Praetorius
"I think the classes went really well. It was also really nice to meet you. These classes are great for people who are learning Xhosa as a second or third language with specific focus on functional and conversational use. I really enjoyed the experience of trying out all the new phrases I learnt with people I met and the response you get for trying to speak their language is really affirming!" - Carly Abramovitz
“I think your approach to teach beginners the basics of a new language is very effective. Most other courses start off by trying to teach the boring difficult stuff first. Most of the students then get confused and despondent. Your approach, as far as I understand it, is to get students first to construct simple sentences and to teach them the bare basic grammar to do so. I think it is an excellent way, because the understanding of the language grows with the understanding of the grammar. Doing it your way the student has a sense of achievement instead of a feeling that the task of learning the language is too difficult and too much effort” - Giel du Toit
“There are many barriers that separate people. They vary from believes to personality to race to... Language is the most important barrier in the sense that it has a lot to teach us about the other barriers and is the easiest most powerful tool to overcome these barriers and build bridges between people.I work with teenage Xhosa boys in the Pollsmoor prison and Craig's course has equipped me to cross the barriers between me and these boys in a more powerful way. Speaking a little Xhosa allows me to help them build a bridge between them and a brighter future in the community” -Francois Esterhuizen
“I think the course was most enjoyable and just the right balance for the strugglers and time challenged people like me as well as the more diligent/language-boff students.
I really liked the fun way you presented the course with a great love and respect for the Xhosa people, their culture and language. Having previously been moderately conversant in easy fanigalo/chilapalapa, Xhosa was a totally closed book to me. Your course quickly unlocked the main elements and was very practical in getting me going in simple conversation. I feel I have a great skeleton to continue building on. Another thing I liked was your care and encouragement for each and every student, which I think, helped everyone to make good progress.
Craig you are definitely an articulator of the new and wonderful cross cultural South African experience that combines the best of all our history and people – I feel the awesome vibe in this country is just going to keep growing – who knows where it is going to take us? - Kevin Creasey
“Having been immersed in the Xhosa culture through my work, I thought it would be quite easy to pick up the language as I went along. I was mistaken there, I really needed someone to put me on the right track, teach me the basics and the way the language fits together. I feel that the beginner’s course has done just that, it gives you enough grammar and vocab to string a whole lot of sentences together and to start making up sentences. I liked the way that we were taught useful escape phrases so that you can, at least, start a conversation and bow out when it all gets too much! I will certainly continue practicing and hopefully, in time, become more fluent. Thank you to Craig, who taught us in a very clear and methodical manner, which was easy to follow.” - Marion Gready
“The course was great because not only did we learn the basics of the Xhosa languages but we also learned about the culture. It deepened my understanding of the Xhosa people on many levels. The course is structured so that we learn the basics quickly and efficiently. We get a comprehensive learning experience through lecture and practice in class, the CDs, the manual, and the homework assignments.” - Joanna Cicchon
“What I appreciated (although I dreaded it) was you forcing us to speak in front of the whole class, if you hadn't I wouldn't have the confidence to speak to strangers.” - Sieggy Cooke
- Petrie le Roux
"With Xhosa, the mountain we need to climb is massive. As you so correctly said, you cannot carry us, we must walk ! Its very difficult to learn a language from scratch as an adult as you well know. We can only motivate ourselves. It will be years before the fruit off the Xhosa tree tastes really good. But even now we can experience the reward of of taking our first steps over that bridge of uBuntu. Your course brings like minded, conscious people together and that in itself is great. So thank you Titshala, Siyathanda ukuthetha isiXhosa, Siyazama !!" (We love to talk Xhosa. We'll keep trying) - Stephen Praetorius
"I think the classes went really well. It was also really nice to meet you. These classes are great for people who are learning Xhosa as a second or third language with specific focus on functional and conversational use. I really enjoyed the experience of trying out all the new phrases I learnt with people I met and the response you get for trying to speak their language is really affirming!" - Carly Abramovitz
“I think your approach to teach beginners the basics of a new language is very effective. Most other courses start off by trying to teach the boring difficult stuff first. Most of the students then get confused and despondent. Your approach, as far as I understand it, is to get students first to construct simple sentences and to teach them the bare basic grammar to do so. I think it is an excellent way, because the understanding of the language grows with the understanding of the grammar. Doing it your way the student has a sense of achievement instead of a feeling that the task of learning the language is too difficult and too much effort” - Giel du Toit
“There are many barriers that separate people. They vary from believes to personality to race to... Language is the most important barrier in the sense that it has a lot to teach us about the other barriers and is the easiest most powerful tool to overcome these barriers and build bridges between people.I work with teenage Xhosa boys in the Pollsmoor prison and Craig's course has equipped me to cross the barriers between me and these boys in a more powerful way. Speaking a little Xhosa allows me to help them build a bridge between them and a brighter future in the community” -Francois Esterhuizen
“I think the course was most enjoyable and just the right balance for the strugglers and time challenged people like me as well as the more diligent/language-boff students.
I really liked the fun way you presented the course with a great love and respect for the Xhosa people, their culture and language. Having previously been moderately conversant in easy fanigalo/chilapalapa, Xhosa was a totally closed book to me. Your course quickly unlocked the main elements and was very practical in getting me going in simple conversation. I feel I have a great skeleton to continue building on. Another thing I liked was your care and encouragement for each and every student, which I think, helped everyone to make good progress.
Craig you are definitely an articulator of the new and wonderful cross cultural South African experience that combines the best of all our history and people – I feel the awesome vibe in this country is just going to keep growing – who knows where it is going to take us? - Kevin Creasey
“Having been immersed in the Xhosa culture through my work, I thought it would be quite easy to pick up the language as I went along. I was mistaken there, I really needed someone to put me on the right track, teach me the basics and the way the language fits together. I feel that the beginner’s course has done just that, it gives you enough grammar and vocab to string a whole lot of sentences together and to start making up sentences. I liked the way that we were taught useful escape phrases so that you can, at least, start a conversation and bow out when it all gets too much! I will certainly continue practicing and hopefully, in time, become more fluent. Thank you to Craig, who taught us in a very clear and methodical manner, which was easy to follow.” - Marion Gready
“The course was great because not only did we learn the basics of the Xhosa languages but we also learned about the culture. It deepened my understanding of the Xhosa people on many levels. The course is structured so that we learn the basics quickly and efficiently. We get a comprehensive learning experience through lecture and practice in class, the CDs, the manual, and the homework assignments.” - Joanna Cicchon
“What I appreciated (although I dreaded it) was you forcing us to speak in front of the whole class, if you hadn't I wouldn't have the confidence to speak to strangers.” - Sieggy Cooke
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