{"id":28947,"date":"2024-01-29T23:29:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/languagecentre.sun.ac.za\/emphasise-ability-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T23:51:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T21:51:56","slug":"isixhosa-staff-courses-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/isixhosa-staff-courses-free\/","title":{"rendered":"IsiXhosa courses for SU staff now free"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There is some good news for staff members who would like to start learning isiXhosa this year<\/span> or build on what <\/span>they\u2019ve<\/span> learnt already. I<\/span>siXhosa staff courses will be subsidised during 2024, which means that <\/span>staff will be able to attend the <\/span>lunch-hour <\/span>Masabelane A1 and A2 courses <\/span>offered by the Language Centre <\/span>free of charge.\u00a0<\/span>Registrations close on 1 February for the first offering starting on 7 February. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stembele Johnson, isiXhosa lecturer at the Language Centre, is excited to teach colleagues more about the isiXhosa language and culture. \u201cLearning isiXhosa also enables you to communicate easily with speakers of other Nguni languages: IsiZulu, IsiSwati, and IsiNdebele,” Stembele explains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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“Learning isiXhosa can be the gateway to speaking four South African Languages.\u201d\u00a0 She loves helping her students become part of a broader isiXhosa culture in an encouraging learning and teaching environment.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re an absolute beginner, Stembele recommends starting with the Masabelane (Beginner) A1<\/strong> short course.\u00a0 By doing this course you will be actively cultivating a multilingual mindset in the office and in class, and you will be able to start having basic conversations in isiXhosa. You\u2019re bound to learn a song or two as well!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Beginner A1 course dates (register here<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n