Afrikaans Lessons in Aberdeen. Learn Afrikaans
We provide native-speaking, fully-qualified Afrikaans language trainers for individual, paired, or small-group learners. Whether you are learning for personal or business reasons, your trainer will incorporate your individual needs and learning goals into your personalised syllabus. Classes can be held at your office or home, on weekdays or weekends, and at the most convenient time of day for you.
One-to-one General/Business
Afrikaans Course in Aberdeen
It doesn't matter if you want to learn Afrikaans for business or pleasure - our customised language courses will help you get where you want to be.
General Afrikaans courses will provide you with enough grammar and vocabulary to allow you to converse with native speakers, and form a strong basis for further learning. Business courses will centre more on formal, business communication, and focus more on reading and writing skills as you advance further.
It is your first session and your own requirements, however, which decide the precise content of the course. A Business course will generally include common conversational topics, as well as gaining greater fluency with writing letters and emails in Afrikaans, as well as using the telephone. In the same way, those taking a General course who may need more knowledge of a certain aspect of Afrikaans need only request it from their teacher.
Typical Business course students include those in international import/export, those hoping to gain acquisitions in foreign countries, those within multinational corporations, and people who do business with foreign institutions and governments. General courses cater mostly to those who wish to learn Afrikaans for short trips to (or through) a country where it is widely spoken; as well as those who wish to pass a specific Afrikaans exam, people who want to buy a home abroad, and people marrying into a Afrikaans family.
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Info about Aberdeen
'The Granite City' may not be the first place that springs to mind when you think of language learning; though visitors to Aberdeen might at first believe many of the locals are speaking in a foreign tongue. The Doric accent (the local dialect of Lowland Scots), is still spoken in Aberdeen, and involves quite a few differences in pronunciation and vocabulary when compared with other Scottish dialects.
Scotland's third largest city attracts university students from all over the UK and beyond, from a wide range of ethnicities and backgrounds; made more appealing by the cracking nightlife, the mixture of traditional and modern venues for social gatherings, and the annual Aberdeen International Youth Festival. There is more than enough variety in Aberdeen to make it a great place to pick up a new language.
Aberdeen Facts
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- Average Temperature (Winter) in Aberdeen: 8°C
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- Population of Aberdeen: 212125
Info about Afrikaans
Originating from 17th century Dutch, Afrikaans is mainly spoken in South Africa and Namibia, though there are communities found throughout Africa. The language was considered a dialect of Dutch until the late 1800s, when it was pronounced an official language in its own right; though even today Dutch and Afrikaans are pretty much mutually intelligible. The language has spread and influenced other cultures: London has its own newspaper in Afrikaans - Die Stem; South African English has many loan words from Afrikaans; and there is a growing scene for musicians singing in the language.
Afrikaans is a rich and appealing language with a fascinating history and complicated social history, though its future as an official language of South Africa could well be under dispute.
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I'd always found French really difficult at school, so when I started needing it more for work, I was a little nervous about starting classes. Nadia has been really reassuring, though, and it's all coming back so quickly. Day-to-day emails are easy now, and I'm almost there with the formal letters. Thanks, Nadia!
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