Complete Xhosa: A Teach Yourself Guide (TY: Language Guides) - Softcover

Kirsch, Beverley; Skorge, Silvia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007175962X ISBN 13: 9780071759625

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2011

Synopsis

It's easy to teach yourself Xhosa!

Complete Xhosa: A Teach Yourself Guide provides you with a clear and comprehensive approach to Xhosa, so you can progress quickly from the basics to understanding, speaking, and writing Xhosa with confidence.

Within each of the 24 thematic chapters, important language structures are introduced through life-like dialogues. You'll learn grammar in a gradual manner so you won't be overwhelmed by this tricky subject. Exercises accompany the texts and reinforce learning in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This program also features current cultural information boxes that reflect recent changes in society.

Features:

One and five-minute introductions to key principles to get you started

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress

Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of the basics of the language

About this title

About the Author:

Beverley Kirsch has taught Xhosa at the medical schools of the Universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch. Silvia Skorge was Associate Professor at the University of the Western Cape.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 007175962X
• ISBN 13: 9780071759625
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384