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    Successfully Learning Afrikaans
    Successfully Learning Afrikaans
    Successfully Learning Afrikaans
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    Successfully Learning Afrikaans

    By Jelani Berko

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    A book by a African emigrant, who moved to England at the age of 18 and because of that understands how to teach Afrikaans to a native English speaker. The methods in this book were used by the author himself and helped him to teach his English girlfriend fluent Afrikaans in less than a year; this would normally take several years to accomplish. This is a book for beginners as well as advanced students of all ages with tips and tricks that can save you a lot of work and are essential for successful language learning!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXinXii
    Release dateJan 25, 2019
    ISBN9783961428847
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      Successfully Learning Afrikaans - Jelani Berko

      I M P R I N T

      Successfully Learning Afrikaans

      by Jelani berko

      © 2017 Jelani Berko

      All rights reserved.

      Author: Jelani berko

      Contact: Jelaniberko@aim.com

      ISBN: 978-3-96142-884-7

      Verlag GD Publishing Ltd. & Co KG, Berlin

      E-Book Distribution: XinXii

      www.xinxii.com

      This ebook, including all its parts, is protected by copyright and must not be copied, reselled or shared without the permission of the author.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Mindset

      Chapter 2: Motivation

      Chapter 3: Study the way you want

      Chapter 4: Michel Thomas

      Chapter 5: Afrikaans ≈ English

      Chapter 6: The Top 100

      Chapter 7: Resources

      Epilogue

      Successfully

      Learning

      Afrikaans

      Chapter 1: Mindset

      Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.

      - Earl Nightingale

      It may be strange to start this book discussing the subject of mindset. However, the mindset is crucial, not only when it comes to learning new languages, but for life in general. As an African national who lived in England for many years, I can tell you from my own experience, that it is far easier to learn English as an African national than to learn Afrikaans as an English speaking person. Afrikaans can be quite long, unnecessarily complicated and basically has way too many options for saying simple sentences. All of these things don’t mean that you shouldn’t learn Afrikaans, though. There are plenty of reasons to learn Afrikaans:

      So what I’m trying to say here is that the mindset has to be the right one when it comes to learning the language, otherwise it doesn’t make sense to even learn a single sentence. So, how do you get the ‘right’ mindset? Can you change your own mindset, if you don’t want to learn Afrikaans, but you may have to? The first question will be answered in a moment, and the answer to the second question is yes, but it can be tricky. It does depend on personality, age, and - you guessed it - the mindset. You ideally have to have the right mindset to start with, otherwise you may never be truly fluent in Afrikaans. What exactly do I mean when I say ‘mindset’? I mean the inner factors, that can influence you. Inner factors are goals, that have nothing to do with education. For example, you might have set yourself the goal to move to Africa or you really want to know the words to a certain song, book, film etc, because it is not available in English. External factors are school, potential apprenticeship or job, in which you might have to be able to speak Afrikaans, as well as parents, who might want you to be able to speak Afrikaans for whatever reason. If you are naturally motivated to learn Afrikaans, you can skip this whole chapter, but you should definitely read on if you lack the right mindset, or if you have just noticed that you are not sure. To get into the right mindset, you should first understand why you have the wrong mindset in the first place, or why the person who you are trying to teach Afrikaans has the wrong mindset or attitude. When babies learn their mother tongue, the reason for learning is the desire to communicate. You might

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