Afrikaans Lessons in Manchester. Learn Afrikaans
Our native-speaking, fully-qualified trainers will incorporate your needs into a personalised Afrikaans course that will address your individual learning goals. If you are studying for personal or business reasons, alone or with a group, Language Trainers will provide classes that will improve your communication and help you exceed your own expectations. Your trainer can teach classes at your home or workplace, and will arrange a time that is most convenient for you, whether it be morning, afternoon, or evening, during the week, or at the weekend.
One-to-one General/Business
Afrikaans Course in Manchester
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.
A General course in Afrikaans will grant you 'Survival Afrikaans' - enough under your belt to furnish you with a working knowledge for the purpose of visiting the country, allowing you to introduce yourself and engage in conversation with native speakers. A Business course in Afrikaans will generally cover basic business etiquette in that language, and at a higher level, reading and writing in Afrikaans.
Courses are, however, tailor-made - you cover in your lessons what you need to cover. Most students taking a Business Afrikaans course will gain telephone and email expertise, as well as general conversation skills. In the same vein, the syllabus for General courses is not set in stone - all you need do is ask your 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 Manchester (closed group)
Info about Manchester
The third biggest city in the UK, Manchester was a vital city during Britain's industrial era, laying claim to being the world's very first industrialised city. With around 2.3 million people in the urban area alone, Manchester continues to be regarded as Britain's second city.
As with most big cities around the country, Manchester's size attracts plenty of overseas visitors, many of whom choose to settle there. This has created a massive cultural variety in the entire borough of Greater Manchester, but particularly in the inner-city areas where there is a high proportion of south Asian, Caribbean, African and Chinese communities. This cosmopolitan experience means the city is a great place to meet people from different backgrounds, and assures you plenty of potential practice partners when you start learning your new language!
Manchester Facts
- Tourist Attractions in Manchester: John Rylands Library, Heaton Park, Royal College of music, Whitworth Art Gallery
- Famous Books about Manchester: Manchester from the Air, Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester,The Mancunian Way
- Famous Songs about Manchester: Flowers of Manchester, Mersey Paradise, Daybreak, Mancunian Way
- Main Rivers in Manchester: River Tame
- Most desirable neighbourhoods in Manchester: Whalley Range, Greater Manchester
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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