Afrikaans Lessons in Bury. Learn Afrikaans
Language Trainers Afrikaans courses are specifically developed after an initial meeting to discuss learners' needs and aims. Your qualified, native-speaking trainer will provide materials and cover areas of particular interest to you or your company. Individuals, pairs, and small groups are all catered for, and classes tailored to fit the learners. Lessons are arranged for a time that is convenient for you (morning, afternoon, evening; work days or weekends), and can be held at your home or office.
One-to-one General/Business
Afrikaans Course in Bury
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 and Business courses in Afrikaans differ in style and content: a General course will concentrate on developing confident conversational skills, making short visits to the country less of an exercise in frustration and more about building upon the foundations to your own ends. A Business course will focus on business protocol in Afrikaans, and later on reading and writing will become more important.
Our Afrikaans courses would not be fixed to a specific curriculum, however. You know the specifics of what you will need from your new language, and all you need do is tell your teacher. Perhaps if you are taking a Business course, you may want to focus more on Afrikaans telephone or email skills, or a specific vocabulary for your line of work. 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.
We arrange Business courses for many clients; primarily those working in international trade, overseas governments and universities, and employees of multinational firms who require a second language. General courses in Afrikaans suit those hoping to emigrate to foreign shores, people with a view to travel to countries where Afrikaans is the vernacular tongue, those with a keen interest in Afrikaans culture and language, and people with foreign spouses.
› Two-to-One and Small Group - Afrikaans Course in Bury (closed group)
Info about Bury
Bury is a sizeable town in Greater Manchester with a history stretching back to the Roman occupation of Britain. Like Manchester, Bury is home to many British Pakistanis, and though most 2nd and 3rd generations would consider English their first language, Urdu is widely spoken and is even taught in some local state secondary schools.
Bury has been the birthplace of several notable people, and seems to be something of a hotspot for current and former actors in the soap opera Hollyoaks, including Gemma Atkinson and Matt Littler. Luckily, there's far more to the city than this, with plenty of historical venues and a burgeoning arts scene that attracts people from all corners of the country.
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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Hi Paula, The books arrived yesterday, thank you for organising. Patricia is lovely and I enjoyed the class thoroughly. She is going at just the right learning pace, which is good. Thanks.
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