isiZulu 1st Additional Language

Aims and objectives

The isiZulu Department at Dainfern College aims:

• To teach and assist learners to understand isiZulu language as it is commonly spoken in public places and work-places such as shopping malls, supermarkets, filling stations and certain government departments.
• To foster an understanding of isiZulu culture and embrace it with other cultures offered in the school.
• To teach and assist non-mother tongue learners who are still unable to read and write isiZulu language.
• To teach and assist mother-tongue learners who still struggle with written language despite the fact that they speak the language. Their spelling is a problem and often they use too much slang.


What is taught?

Learning Outcomes:

LISTENING AND SPEAKING:

The learner is able to listen and speak for a variety of purposes, audiences and contexts.

READING AND VIEWING:

The learner is able to read and view for understanding and evaluate critically and respond to wide range of texts.

WRITING AND PRESENTING:

The learner is able to write and present a wide range of purposes and audiences using conventions and formats appropriate to diverse contexts.

LANGUAGE USAGE:

The learner is able to use language structures and conventions appropriately and effectively.

In Grades 10 to 12 the following grammar is taught:

Grade 10:

• Synonyms and Antonyms
• Homonyms
• Adjectives and Relatives
• Possessives
• Object concord
• Negatives
• Diminutives
• Conjunctions
• Verbal extensions
• Pronouns
• Ideophones
• Poems
• Creative writing

Grade 11:

• Passives
• Palatalisation
• Subjunctive verbs
• Stative verbs
• Relative verbs
• Auxiliary verbs
• Conjunctions
• Progressive -sa
• Feminine extensions
• The augmentatives
• The remote past tense
• Poems
• Creative writing

Grade 12:

• Revision of all grammar from Grades 8 to 11
• Revision exercises and previous exam papers
• Creative writing
• Orals
• Set books: Poetry; Novel; Drama/Short stories

Job opportunities for isiZulu speakers include:

• Law
• Teaching
• Author (isiZulu books/Magazines)
• News reader (SABC 1/Ukhozi FM)
• Presenter (SABC 1/Ukhozi FM)
• Journalism (Ilanga laseNatal/Iso lezwe)
• Court Interpreter
• ABET Facilitator
• Translator

To access the isiZulu portal page, please click here. Please note that in so doing you will be leaving the official Dainfern College website.