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MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM AND COURSEBOOK
(providing at least 40 hours of tuition)

detailed explanations of Xhosa pronunciation 20 lessons presenting conversation, grammar and interactive exercises sound and video recordings of first-language Xhosa speakers record and playback facility to perfect your pronunciation a detailed workbook which supports and supplements the CD-ROM material comprehensive explanations of Xhosa grammar additional exercises, allowing further study and practice while away from the computer

COURSE TOPICS
 

CONVERSATION	GRAMMAR	CULTURE
Pronunciation	Present tense (pos. & neg.)	Greeting Traditions
Introductions	Identifiers	Greeting etiquette
Greetings	Absolute Pronouns	Family relations
Families and Friends	Possessives	Visitors
Occupations	Subject Concords	Cattle in Xhosa Culture
Personal Details	Object Concords	Traditional African Music
Homes and Houses	Adjectives
Town and Shopping	Counting words
Directions	Past Tenses
Holidays	Locatives
Weather	Subjunctive Mood
Jobs and Work	Commands
Feelings and Emotions	Future Tense
Having Fun	Participial Moods
	Direct and Indirect Relatives
	Demonstrative Pronouns

COURSE FEATURES

• easy-to-use, learner-paced interactive interface - computer literacy not required
• natural and lively dialogues presented on video clips within the multimedia program
• optional repetition of all sound and video material
• hypertext links to in-depth explanations of grammar and phraseology
• fun, practical exercises with automatic answer evaluation and positive reinforcement
• pronunciation evaluation through record and playback facility
• comprehensive and systematic presentation of the grammar always supported by relevant activities and exercise

OTHER XHOSA PRODUCTS

• SPEAK XHOSA WITH US Course Book
• ISIXHOSA SILULA (Xhosa is Easy) Text Book
• XHOSA FOR THE CLASSROOM - Text Book
• EVERYDAY XHOSA PHRASES Audio CD

BACKGROUND

While still a lecturer in African Languages at the University of Cape Town, Tessa Dowling (PhD) was approached by the University’s multimedia education project to develop a Xhosa multimedia program for beginners. Tessa teamed up with software developer, Christine Dunckley (BSc Hons) and in 1998 the pair launched their company, African Voices, and, simultaneously, the world’s first ever multimedia Xhosa learning package Speak Xhosa With Us.

The program was tested by students in the Department of African Languages at the University of Cape Town over a two year period and is used by a number of faculties at the University. The software has subsequently been purchased by primary, secondary and tertiary institutions throughout South Africa, as well as internationally, for use in their language training programs. In addition, there are hundreds of individuals around the world making use of the benefits of multimedia to assist them in learning Xhosa.

COURSE CREDITS

Course devised and written by: Tessa Dowling Tessa Dowling who has a PhD in African Languages from UCT, taught Xhosa for many years at the University of Cape Town. She has written numerous second-language texts (commissioned by Juta Publishing) and is co-director, with Christine Dunckley, of African Voices.

Software designed and written by: Christine Dunckley Christine Dunckley has a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science from UCT. Since graduating in 1989 she has spent many years developing software in the retail business environment. Multimedia presented a new and exciting direction to exercise her skills. Christine is co-director, with Tessa Dowling, of African Voices.

Course Material contributed by:
Pam Maseko  BA (Hons) UWC   (lessons 11,19)
Russell Kaschula PhD (African Languages) UCT (Lesson 18)

The product was developed in association with the:
Multimedia Education Project of the University Of Cape Town.