Afrikaans Lessons in Wakefield. Learn Afrikaans
The individualised Afrikaans courses offered by Language Trainers will incorporate your language needs and goals (personal or business), as well as provide interesting study materials. Our trainers are all qualified native speakers who specialise in one-to-one, two-to-one, and small group learning. We will arrange for your trainer to conduct lessons at your home or office, at a suitable time for you, whether it be morning, afternoon, or evening, during the week or on weekends.
One-to-one General/Business
Afrikaans Course in Wakefield
Whether you want Afrikaans lessons to help you in your general day-to-day life or for business needs, our made-to-order language courses can help you improve quickly and confidently.
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 are great for those whose career will be moving overseas - you would learn the fundamental protocols for engaging in business in Afrikaans, and later would start to focus more on the integral skills of reading and writing.
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. Equally, a General course will cover the fundamentals, but further focus in any particular area can easily be arranged with your teacher.
Our Business courses cater to a range of requirements. Many of our clients work for foreign governments and educational institutions, corporations with branches abroad, as well as those who buy and sell around the world. 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 Wakefield (closed group)
Info about Wakefield
With around 80,000 residents, Wakefield is a minor city in West Yorkshire currently undergoing a large-scale urban redevelopment; primarily due to the urban decline after so many coal mines and industrial areas of the city were shut down in the '70s and '80s.
Nowadays Wakefield is famed for its prisons and its yearly rhubarb festival; but there is much more to the city - Wakefield College has over 3,000 full-time students and it is a centre for further education in the locale. There are plenty of language teachers from a range of overseas countries around the city, making it a great spot to pick up a new tongue.
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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Typical course length:
• 30 hours per level
(classes are usually 2 hours each)
We also offer packages of:
• 20 hours
• 50 hours
• 100 hours
(with discounted rates)
