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Learn Afrikaans-Level 1: Introduction to Afrikaans Volume 1: Lessons 1-25
Absolutely new to Afrikaans? Don't know where to start?
Welcome to Introduction to Afrikaans, Volume 1.
Before you take that trip to South Africa, get a solid foundation of Afrikaans first!
Master the basics of Afrikaans conversation the fun, fast. and easy way!
Start speaking Afrikaans in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Introduction to Afrikaans. Our native Afrikaans hosts break down all the sentences, grammar, and more in a simple, easily understandable way! This isn't stale textbook material - it's fun, effective, and practical! You learn basic beginner Afrikaans conversation that you can use immediately! What you get in Introduction to Afrikaans:
Downloadable PDF with 90+ pages of Afrikaans learning material
Twenty-five audio lesson tracks (over 2.5 hours of Afrikaans lessons)
Five audio review tracks (practice new words and phrases)
Five audio dialog tracks (read along while you listen)
Interactive. Effective. And fun!
Discover or rediscover how much fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning.
Try this audiobook and start speaking Afrikaans instantly!
Read less
©2017 Innovative Language Learning, LLC (P)2017 Innovative Language Learning, LLC
Welcome to Introduction to Afrikaans, Volume 1.
Before you take that trip to South Africa, get a solid foundation of Afrikaans first!
Master the basics of Afrikaans conversation the fun, fast. and easy way!
Start speaking Afrikaans in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Introduction to Afrikaans. Our native Afrikaans hosts break down all the sentences, grammar, and more in a simple, easily understandable way! This isn't stale textbook material - it's fun, effective, and practical! You learn basic beginner Afrikaans conversation that you can use immediately! What you get in Introduction to Afrikaans:
Downloadable PDF with 90+ pages of Afrikaans learning material
Twenty-five audio lesson tracks (over 2.5 hours of Afrikaans lessons)
Five audio review tracks (practice new words and phrases)
Five audio dialog tracks (read along while you listen)
Interactive. Effective. And fun!
Discover or rediscover how much fun learning a language can be with the future of language learning.
Try this audiobook and start speaking Afrikaans instantly!
Read less
©2017 Innovative Language Learning, LLC (P)2017 Innovative Language Learning, LLC
93 pages, Audible Audio
Published June 1, 2017
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January 13, 2022
There are shockingly few resources for learning Afrikaans as a second language. So, really, this deserves 5 stars just for existing. It’s like the definition of being an 아줌마/Karen to give three stars to something that I’m just grateful exists.
But….this has a few issues. Namely, organization.
There are two unforgivable issues: first, the table of contents is at the end. The second is that pronunciation is *also* at the end. Pronunciation lessons are boring, but should always come first.
The other issues are more personal preference. There are three types of lessons: Basic Bootcamp (basic vocabulary/phrases), All About South Africa (cultural info like holidays and famous people, popular food, etc ), and pronunciation. All the lessons of one kind are grouped together.
It would be better if the cultural and vocabulary lessons alternated, mainly because It would help me stay focused and active, in “student mode” rather than passive “listener” mode.
But this is basically a podcast repackaged asan audiobook, so I get it.
Other than that, the sentences chosen as examples are sometimes pretty random. Antique books and stuff like that. More emphasis could have been put on useful vocabulary and phrases.
Despite these criticisms, I am really grateful this series exists!! Keep ‘em comin’, I will keep listening!
Edit: I have been running a lot of this vocabulary by a native speaker, and there are quite a few errors. I am
Not taking any point off this review. But you should be aware there are some issues with the Afrikaans you will learn from this series.
You can find the flashcards I made, roughly based on this book, on Memrise, Quizlet, Quizizz, and Anki. All the flashcards have been double checked by a native speaker and corrected. They are tweaked a bit though, to prevent copyright issues and also just because, like I said, a there are a number of errors in this series. You may not find all the words from this book in my flashcards, there are extra words not in this book. And if, some dear language student in the future comes across this review or my flashcards and notices an error, find me on some platform and message me. I will fix the error, to at least keep the flashcards right haha.
But….this has a few issues. Namely, organization.
There are two unforgivable issues: first, the table of contents is at the end. The second is that pronunciation is *also* at the end. Pronunciation lessons are boring, but should always come first.
The other issues are more personal preference. There are three types of lessons: Basic Bootcamp (basic vocabulary/phrases), All About South Africa (cultural info like holidays and famous people, popular food, etc ), and pronunciation. All the lessons of one kind are grouped together.
It would be better if the cultural and vocabulary lessons alternated, mainly because It would help me stay focused and active, in “student mode” rather than passive “listener” mode.
But this is basically a podcast repackaged asan audiobook, so I get it.
Other than that, the sentences chosen as examples are sometimes pretty random. Antique books and stuff like that. More emphasis could have been put on useful vocabulary and phrases.
Despite these criticisms, I am really grateful this series exists!! Keep ‘em comin’, I will keep listening!
Edit: I have been running a lot of this vocabulary by a native speaker, and there are quite a few errors. I am
Not taking any point off this review. But you should be aware there are some issues with the Afrikaans you will learn from this series.
You can find the flashcards I made, roughly based on this book, on Memrise, Quizlet, Quizizz, and Anki. All the flashcards have been double checked by a native speaker and corrected. They are tweaked a bit though, to prevent copyright issues and also just because, like I said, a there are a number of errors in this series. You may not find all the words from this book in my flashcards, there are extra words not in this book. And if, some dear language student in the future comes across this review or my flashcards and notices an error, find me on some platform and message me. I will fix the error, to at least keep the flashcards right haha.
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