Afrikaans as vreemde taal A1 (beginners)
Afrikaans as foreign language A1 (beginners)
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Toelatingsvereiste
Onderrigtaal
Registrasies sluit
6 Augustus 2025
Ideale Kursusganger
Die kursus is ideaal vir mense wat nuuskierig is oor Afrikaans as ʼn taal en dit graag wil praat.
Dieser Kurs ist ideal für alle, die neugierig auf Afrikaans als Sprache sind und es gerne sprechen möchten.
Datums
Datum: 13 Augustus 2025 Week 1 – Inleiding en leereenheid 1- Aangename kennis / Pleased to meet you / Freut mich Sie kennenzulernen, 18:00-20:00
Datum: 20 Augustus 2025 Week 2 – Leereenheid 2 – Eendag lank gelede / One day long ago / Vor langer Zeit, 18:00-20:00
Datum: 27 Augustus 2025 Week 3 – Leereenheid 3 – Oos wes, tuis bes / East, west, home’s best / Zuhause ist es doch am schönsten, 18:00-20:00
Datum: 3 September 2025 Week 4 – Leereenheid 4 – ʼn Gesonde liggaam huisves ʼn gesonde gees / Mens sana in corpore sano, 18:00-20:00
Datum: 10 September 2025 Week 5 – Leereenheid 5 – Die afspraak / The appointment / Der Termin, 18:00-20:00
Datum: 17 September 2025 Week 6 – Leereenheid 6 – In die kombuis / In the kitchen / In der Küche, 18:00-20:00
Datum: 24 September 2025 Week 7 – Leereenheid 7 – Boekwurms / Bookworms / Leseratten, 18:00-20:00
Datum: 1 Oktober 2025 Week 8 – Leereenheid 8 – Op die planke / On the stage / Auf der Bühne, 18:00-20:00
KURSUSAANBIEDERS
Karien Brits
Karien Brits is ʼn dosent in Sepedi en Taalpraktyk by Akademia en het ʼn BBk-graad (Bedryfskommunikasie) asook ʼn honneurs- en meestersgraad (cum laude) in Setswana aan die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU) verwerf. Brits se navorsingsfokus is meertaligheid en taalbeplanning, maar sy stel ook belang in taalaanleer, morfologie (Sothotale), taaltegnologie en onomastiek. Akademiese toekennings sluit in die beste honneursstudent in die Fakulteit Lettere en Wysbegeerte op die Potchefstroomkampus van die NWU. Brits ontvang in 2022 die Afrikaanse Taalraad se Kokerprys vir die bevordering van Afrikaans. Sy is al vir twee dekades in die hoër onderwys betrokke en was werksaam by die NWU, die Adam Mickiewicz-Universiteit in Poznan (Pole) waar sy Afrikaans as vreemde taal onderrig het, asook die Universiteit van Johannesburg (UJ).
KURSUSLEIER
Karien Brits | karien@akademia.ac.za
Afrikaans as foreign language A1 (beginners)
The learning of Afrikaans as a foreign language. The course is aimed at people with little or no knowledge of Afrikaans as language. It is a language course on level A1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
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COURSE CONTENT
- Listen, read, speak and write at a basic level in Afrikaans
- Basic, everyday vocabulary and expressions
- Simple conversations (introducing yourself, saying where you are from, your family, your work, your studies)
- Understanding and responding to simple texts (written and oral)
- Basic overview of grammar
- Basic overview of culture and history
IDEAL COURSE PARTICIPANT
This course is ideally for those who are curious about Afrikaans as a language and who would like to speak it.
DATES
Date: 13 August 2025 Week 1 – Inleiding en leereenheid 1- Aangename kennis / Pleased to meet you / Freut mich Sie kennenzulernen, 18:00-20:00
Date: 20 August 2025 Week 2 – Leereenheid 2 – Eendag lank gelede / One day long ago / Vor langer Zeit, 18:00-20:00
Date: 27 August 2025 Week 3 – Leereenheid 3 – Oos wes, tuis bes / East, west, home’s best / Zuhause ist es doch am schönsten, 18:00-20:00
Date: 3 September 2025 Week 4 – Leereenheid 4 – ʼn Gesonde liggaam huisves ʼn gesonde gees / Mens sana in corpore sano, 18:00-20:00
Date: 10 September 2025 Week 5 – Leereenheid 5 – Die afspraak / The appointment / Der Termin, 18:00-20:00
Date: 17 September 2025 Week 6 – Leereenheid 6 – In die kombuis / In the kitchen / In der Küche, 18:00-20:00
Date: 24 September 2025 Week 7 – Leereenheid 7 – Boekwurms / Bookworms / Leseratten, 18:00-20:00
Date: 1 October 2025 Week 8 – Leereenheid 8 – Op die planke / On the stage / Auf der Bühne, 18:00-20:00
REGISTRATIONS CLOSE
6 August 2025
Course presenters
Karien Brits
Karien Brits is a lecturer in Sepedi and Language Practice at Akademia. She holds a degree in Business Communication, as well as honours and master’s degrees (cum laude) in Setswana from the North-West University (NWU). Brits’ research focuses on multilingualism and language planning, but she is also interested in language acquisition, morphology (Sotho languages), language technology, and onomastics. Her academic awards include the best honours student in the Faculty of Arts at the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. In 2022, Brits received a prestigious award from the Afrikaans Language Council for the promotion of Afrikaans. She has been involved in higher education for two decades and has worked at the North-West University, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland) where she taught Afrikaans as foreign language, and the University of Johannesburg (UJ).
COURSE LEADER
Karien Brits | karien@akademia.ac.za