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Online Zulu Course Details:

The course is for beginners and teaches all the important phrases, words and language structures you need to communicate in a basic yet effective way during day to day interaction with Zulu speakers.

Self-study with online support:

This course is a self-study online course with video, audio and text tutorials. Study at your own pace and at your own convenience.  Students can email us questions on the lesson content. There are no live video lessons with this course.

The course consists of 12 modules. Each module includes a word list, grammar lesson, exercises and cultural insights.

There is also a comprehensive word list with more than 350 Zulu/English words, a pronunciation guide and digital flash-cards for easy memorization.

Students can submit a final assessment at the end of lesson 12 to receive our Learn Zulu certificate.

Bonus course material includes two downloadable products:

1. Audiobook: Zulu Phrases & Vocabulary (Great to use in the car).

2. Ebook: 700 Zulu/English Phrases (PDF)

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You will receive  access to the online Zulu lessons along with support by email for one year.

Upon us receiving your payment, we will email your log-in details. Please note that we set up your access manually. It could take up to 12 hours before you receive your login instructions, depending on your time zone.

The online course is best viewed on a desktop or laptop. It is however possible to view the course on a mobile phone or tablet.

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Don't spend time and money travelling to and from Zulu classes.

Study at your own pace and without competing with other students for time with the teacher.

Listen to the Zulu pronunciation and explanations over and over without holding up the class.

Have a lot of fun learning to speak Zulu.

Complete the course in your own time and then receive your “Learn Zulu” course certificate.

What you'll learn in the self-study online Zulu language course

Learn to pronounce the Zulu language sounds correctly (including the fun "click" sounds).

Know and use more than 300 useful everyday Zulu words.

Greet people correctly, ask names, addresses and use other general phrases.

Make friendly requests (useful in the work environment).

Speak Zulu intelligently; create your own statements in the Present, Future and Past tenses.

Ask questions, using the Zulu words for "what, where, when, why".

Understand and apply the relevant cultural elements pertaining to daily communication.

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BrightSparkz’s Zulu Boot Camp™ is a fun, interactive, CAPS & IEB aligned  Zulu tutoring program. It’s designed to establish and  build strong foundations  in Zulu, making it more enjoyable to speak, read and write, and to  boost  confidence . This course is perfectly suited to both children who have started learning Zulu at school, and adult beginners . Your hand-picked, specialist Zulu Boot Camp™ tutor will conduct one-on-one sessions   at your home or online. They will also provide all the printed material for the course, which you will be able to keep.

For more information about the program and our tutors, please see below.

Who would benefit from Zulu Boot Camp™?

Zulu Boot Camp™ focuses on introducing pronunciation and vocabulary, and building on a learner’s confidence in their conversational, reading and writing skills. It is designed to suit the needs of a variety of different groups:

• School learners who have started taking Zulu as a subject and want to get ahead, or brush up on the foundations.
• University students or school learners not taking Zulu at school who would like to learn the basics of the language.
• Adult beginners  who would like to learn to engage in practical and conversational Zulu.

How does Zulu Boot Camp™ work?

Zulu Boot Camp™ is a Zulu tutoring program comprising 10 sessions of approximately 1 hour each. Each session includes various activities, as well as educational games. As each learner progresses, the basic knowledge required to speak and understand Zulu will be gained, while vocabulary and confidence grow.

Our experienced, hand-picked Zulu Boot Camp™ tutors have been trained to introduce you or your child to the basics of Zulu, and our Zulu Boot Camp™ material has been given the stamp of approval by qualified Zulu teachers! A  tailored Learner Needs Analysis and Learning Styles Assessment will give further information as to how your tutor will best be able to tailor the sessions.

Zulu Boot Camp™ incorporates an army theme, and medals are given for excellent work, achieving milestones and for passing the test at the end of the course. Certificates are also provided at the end of the course. 

“We decided to learn Zulu as 2 adults with absolutely no prior knowledge of the language. Our tutor is so patient and she goes above and beyond to make sure that we understand the intricacies of the language and to ensure that we are able to use it in everyday situations. The Zulu Boot Camp notes are informative and really great reference material. The activities given for homework ensure that we are learning Zulu every day even though we only have a lesson once a week. I would recommend the Zulu Boot Camp to anyone, young and old alike and the group lessons are great to make sure that you always have someone to practice with. Thank you to the BrightSparkz staff and Isabel, our tutor, for helping us learn Zulu!”

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Our hand-picked Zulu Boot Camp™ tutors are experienced, specialist  Zulu tutors and teachers, with vast experience tutoring Zulu at a variety of levels.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does the zulu boot camp™ take place.

Just like our personalized, one-on-one tutoring, all Zulu Boot Camp™ sessions take place at your home or a venue of your choice.  We currently have trained Zulu Boot Camp™ tutors in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Pretoria, but should you live outside of these major cities, we will gladly set you up with an online Zulu Boot Camp™ tutor.

I’m not at school anymore – Is Zulu Boot Camp™ suitable for me?

Absolutely! Zulu Boot Camp™ takes students through all the basics of the Zulu language – it really is Zulu tutoring in the most comprehensive format! Zulu Boot Camp™ is thus suitable for school learners, university students, as well as adults wanting to learn the basics of the language.

How is Zulu Boot Camp™ different to regular tutoring?

Zulu Boot Camp™ is a comprehensive course, covering the basics of conversational, written and spoken Zulu. While regular Zulu tutoring is a fantastic way to fill in gaps in your child’s knowledge or assist with test and exam preparation, Zulu Boot Camp™ is tailored to cement the foundations of the Zulu language, as well as encourage enjoyment, leading to an increase in confidence that will result in an improvement in results.

“This was a concise course that offered me a foundational knowledge with regards to the usage of Zulu in everyday situations. I enjoyed taking on this challenge and learning a new African language. This course gave me the confidence to go out and speak Zulu to a native speaking person.”

“Sawubona! The isiZulu Boot Camp is extremely user friendly, and a fun way to learn this wonderful language. I was a complete novice and it has definitely increased my confidence. It provides a wide range of vocabulary, necessities of grammar as well as some engaging worksheets for practice. There are even recordings to help fine-tune your linguistic ear! I really enjoyed this course and would recommend it to anyone wanting to learn isiZulu.”

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Whether you’re teaching isiZulu as a home language or an additional language, this collection of isiZulu teaching resources will help you teach with ease. It has a great selection of worksheets, activities, flashcards, posters, and readers you can use to help your learners take pride in their heritage and learn about other cultures. Best of all, they’re interactive, which is sure to keep your learners engaged!

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This isiZulu resource is made up of a simple story about Winter (Ubusika) and a set of cards with clothes we would most likely wear in winter. In winter we need to wear clothes that will keep us warm. The set of warm winter clothes cards can be used for an ordering activity after listening to or reading the story. Once the children have heard the story / or read the story, they need to sort the clothes cards in the order that they were mentioned in the booklet. This activity can be simplified by simply choosing three items of clothing and giving the order for just those three. You can print the story as an A5 booklet or I would recommend laminating the cards for durability. Please note that I do not speak isiZulu and all my isiZulu resources have come together from the work that I do for an N.P.O.(Siyakwazi). I have spent many hours researching and finding words, phrases etc that can assist in creating much needed isiZulu resources.

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A4 14 Page isiZulu and English Book with vocabulary in both English and isiZulu covering common topics. This book can be used to teach and revise the different vocabulary for each topic. The following topics are covered: • Months of the Year • Days of the week • Seasons • Numbers • Shapes • Colours • Pet and Farm animals • Wild animals • Water animals • Family members • Vegetables • Fruit

EzweniLonkamisa IsiZulu Decodable Readers grade 1 term 1

A valuable resource to use to get your child started with reading in isiZulu. This set contains five stories based on the 5 consonants covered in Term 1 of grade 1.  There is a warm up worksheet included for the learner to build up (encode)  and decode words to be found in the story. There is a bonus 2 sheets for coloring in fun ( 5 vowel characters and the character of the consonant being introduced).   Also a good resource for reading remediation. Collect all  21 stories for your learners.

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Experience a wonderful day with Flaffie the Jack Russel dog. He experiences feelings of loss and longing, excitement, and disappointment. Sometimes feelings can be hard to identify especially for young children. Books and stories of others like Flaffie can help children every step of the way in building emotional literacy. "What else Flaffie?" has been translated into Afrikaans, Zulu, isiXhosa, and Sesotho.

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This PDF consists of 23 A4 flashcards of common wild animals. Each flash card includes the English and isiZulu word and a picture. Flash Cards can be used to teach and reinforce the vocabulary of wild animals in isiZulu. Flash Cards can be used for posters, games or cards for reading and speaking. The flash cards can be printed smaller by printing 2 or 4 on a page. The flash cards include: • Elephant (indlovu) • Lion (ibhubesi) • Buffalo (inyathi) • Cheetah (ingulule) • Snake (inyoka) • Leopard (ingwe) • Crocodile (uxamu) • Rhino (obhejane) • Zebra (idube) • Giraffe (indlulamithi) • Buck (inyamazane) • Baboon (indangala) • monkey(inkawu) • eagle (ukhozi) • spider (isicabucabu) • crab (inkalankala) • shark (ushaka) • frog (ixoxo) • turtle (ufudu iwamazi) • tortoise (ufudu) • octopus (ingwane) • whale (umkhomo)

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A4 Animal theme Colourful poster set - English verbs translated to isiZulu. Ideal for beginning knowledge in young learners. The words are translated from English to isiZulu, which includes visuals to help explain the word. Charlene Wundram Store

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This resource is made up of two posters. One is a fruit poster and the other is a vegetable poster. The posters have pictures of different fruits and vegetables on them with the isiZulu words for the fruits and vegetables under each picture. These resource can be used as part of the CAPS Grade R theme on Fruit and Vegetables. These posters can be printed A4 or A3. I would recommend laminating them for durability. These are great as a display poster up in the classroom or as a word mat for children to use. Please note that I do not speak isiZulu and all my isiZulu resources have come together from the work that I do for an N.P.O. I have spent many hours researching and finding words, phrases etc that can assist in creating much needed isiZulu resources.

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Motivation for learning any language and specifically isiZulu is unique to every family; but in the South African context, we can all agree on the vast social, cultural, historical and practical benefits to speaking this language. isiZulu is spoken by more than 20% of South Africa as a first language and by more than half the country as a second language. Given these statistics, it’s staggering that so little attention has been given to how isiZulu is taught and learnt. There are cognitive benefits to learning additional languages that include memory, creativity, and problem solving. Research also supports that children learning language from a young age will acquire a perfect accent. But some of the main reasons to make isiZulu learning a priority – is the increased sensitivity towards diversity/different cultures and languages, better social skills and adaptability, as a foundation to acquire additional languages and the increased opportunities these skills will provide (in addition to speaking such a useful local language) in the future world of work.

This article is all about what you can do to make isiZulu a priority in your family, and some practical tips (and who you can hold accountable) for ensuring your child makes realistic progress in their learning journey.

Firstly,  you must ensure that your child is receiving enough time in isiZulu both at school and at home. Most schools cut language learning first, although research proves that time in language arts has an invaluable effect on the brain. We feel that 1.5hrs per week is the very least you can get away with and still make progress and you should be insisting that in some form your child is exposed to enough isiZulu. This could be through a combination of forms – your Caregiver, School, and a deliberate play time with a friend in the community who speaks isiZulu. There really is no excuse, because we have ample opportunities to use this language in the South African context. Repetition is also key – a person must hear a word 500 times before it becomes part of their vocabulary, and so while it may seem boring, doing the same thing over and over (establishing good pathways in the brain) every time you greet, or ask for something, goes a long way in establishing a good foundation in isiZulu.

Your child should not be taught through flashcards and worksheets. Language is alive and especially young children must learn through playing and doing. Experiencing through their senses, and reinforcing concepts through actions.  Language must be experienced and enjoyed in order for children to learn, it must be part of life – and you need to make it part of yours. Without necessity, a reason to speak isiZulu, they simply won’t learn the language. So we advocate for the One-Person-One-Language approach, where isiZulu speakers and teachers only speak good isiZulu to your child – no translation or mixing language. This might seem extreme, and initially is very difficult for the child to adapt to, but is recognised as the most effective approach to acquire a new language, as a certain level of discomfort is part of the driving force behind motivating a child to learn/engage. A child’s brain is so efficient with information, that if it is not compulsory to retain this information (i.e. Zulu vocab and sentence structure) they simply won’t. Remember that children need to be exposed to vocabulary that is practical, that they can go out and use immediately. Young children especially have no inhabitions, and will willingly try new words or phrases with confidence which is what you must encourage.

Your child should start their isiZulu learning when they are young, ideally between 0-6yrs. If your child is only starting their isiZulu journey in Grade 1, it is potentially too late for them. While it’s not impossible to learn language after the age of 6yrs, there are many more factors at play and it does become increasingly difficult – mainly due to so many time restrictions on children of school-going age.

You also can’t expect your child to learn a new language in a class of 20-30 kids who also cannot speak that language, against a 1 teacher who does. The ratio makes no sense, and will only serve to waste everyone’s time. Classes must be small in order to provide the best possible setting for deliberate interaction and opportunity to speak. Even if a child was wholly engaged in what the teacher is saying (which is doubtful if she’s speaking a language he is not familiar with and his friends are around) it is not enough that he/she understands everything in isiZulu, they must be put in situations where they are forced to speak. There is a completely different pathway from your brain to your mouth that must be exercised in order to establish a competent speaker. Often people can only understand another language (the connection between your ear and your brain) but forming your own sentences, recalling vocabulary on demand, and gaining confidence to speak are the other side of that coin and you cannot consider yourself a speaker without them.

Another tip is to check whether the school  has it’s own isiZulu space. Many schools send isiZulu teachers into existing classes to conduct their lessons, oblivious to the psychological barrier of trying to change an inherently English space. Children are simply unable to switch to another language, no matter how hard they try, so we emphasise that isiZulu classes/time should be in new/neutral environments that can be ‘created’ into isiZulu spaces – for example a particular coffee shop/park, part of the field/house.

If you want your child to take isiZulu (and it’s speakers seriously) then best you start doing the same. We like to tell our children how to behave and act, but forget that the biggest influence on them is our actions. You cannot instruct your child on one hand to put effort into learning isiZulu “because it’s so important” and then in the same breath disrespect or undermine the Zulu speakers in your home/office. Y ou are the greatest influence in your child’s life and your own personal effort with isiZulu will be an example and motivating force to them. Even learning just a few phrases that you use regularly will go a long way to communicate your commitment to the language. Do not fail to use the language learning tools at your disposal; you cannot reasonably expect your child to put into practice what you never have.

Have reasonable expectations. You can read more about how to have realistic expectations in an article I wrote here. Bear in mind that language learning is a process, usually very slow, with lots of ups and downs on the way, and that small progress must be celebrated. Understand the process of acquiring language: moving from feeling completely lost and isolated to understanding the instructions/questions given and carrying them out. If the child has stopped reverting or using English as a mode of communication, and if they are able to repeat and make themselves understood in specific contexts, this is great progress when it comes to language learning, and should not be overlooked!

Also understand that language learning is contextual – and not necessarily transferable across settings when a child is young. Later into adulthood, they will be able to take things they have learned, acquire new vocabulary, and apply it to new contexts, but for the most part the focus should be on competency in the most practical contexts: preschool themes like colours and numbers, where with just a little bit of information you can start interacting with the world around you. Use role-playing as a tool to recreate opportunities for isiZulu interaction in the real world. Learn greetings, basic questions and responses related to these contexts and eventually, if you and the teacher have done things right, they will be able to hold a basic conversation with a new person/friend about what they did on the weekend. Do not expect your child to be able to talk to strangers in isiZulu outside of these contexts (they cannot even do that in English really!) The best you can hope for during these young years (0-6yrs) is a love for isiZulu and the people that speak it, a confidence in the language, competence within these specific contexts, and the motivation to learn more because of past success and positive experiences.

How you can support your  Child’s isiZulu Learning?

• Don’t quiz your child on what they have learnt in isiZulu – your child will not be able to tell you even if they did because your dominant language (usually English) is preventing them from needing to access the isiZulu part of their brain. Rather rely on teacher feedback or ask for video footage of the classes to gauge what took place in the lesson
• Make use of any and all isiZulu support resources (i.e. Zulu radio, Takalani sesame, ipad games, books and CD’s), even develop your own!
• Allow your child to showcase what they have learnt via a song/video/activity that they get to lead you in, or be in charge of
• Have access to isiZulu songs that you listen to (and dance to) as a family
• Foster relationships with other Zulu families or Caregivers who also speak isiZulu. Set up regular times to hang out with them
• Give a lot of verbal affirmation that you’re proud of them, that you love to hear them speak Zulu, how valuable it is (they need you to give them the reason why they are doing it, until they can understand the value of it themselves)
• Incentivise progress or combat their lack of motivation with external motivators. This might be necessary until they have their own internal motivators
• Learn alongside them and try set an example for them
• Resolve as a family (a united front) that you are committed to the process regardless of your child’s temporary feelings or the ups and downs of the journey
• Insist your child doesn’t just comprehend isiZulu but that they respond/speak isiZulu
• Show respect to isiZulu people and cultures
• Participate in cooking/baking some traditional isiZulu food
• Don’t give up

I want to reinforce the fact that no one thing you do will be the reason your child learns this language. Your approach needs to be multifaceted – including all the stakeholders like schools, friends, caregivers, grandparents and your community – because it will be all their collective efforts that will result in effective learning of isiZulu.

Remember this is a marathon, not a sprint, and your investment is not into results tomorrow, but rather in a changed future for your child – where, as adults, they use this language to build bridges, further their careers in this country, and acquire additional languages with ease.

ZuluMites has a range of services that support families who wish to have their children learn isiZulu effectively. Please contact us if you would like more information about our programmes.

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