Course: Afrikaans 1

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Course title Afrikaans 1
Course code NIZ/3AFK1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, Afrikaans
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Knap-Dlouhá Pavlína, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The rules of Afrikaans spelling. Communicative exercises. Listening to radio programmes from Radio RSG Poets ranging from N.P. Van Wyk Louw to Antjie Krog.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Students will learn to listen to Afrikaans, to read more complicated Afrikaans texts and to use Afrikaans grammatically correct. Students will obtain knowledge of the history of Afrikaans poetry.
The students will learn how to communicate basic ideas and needs in Afrikaans. The students will learn how to write the past and future tenses, negative and syntax in Afrikaans. The students will attain some knowledge of South Africa and the complexity of the language situation. They have to pass a test at the end of the semester.
Prerequisites
A working knowledge of either Dutch or English and the completion of the course 2Afk2.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Students must do set exercises. Students must attend all classes. Students must give oral presentations.
Recommended literature
  • Brink, Andre P. (2000). Groot Verseboek. Kaapstad.
  • Taalkommissie. (2002). Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreels. Kaapstad.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Dutch Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -