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Afrikaans 102

A 4-credit hour class is designed to be about 12 hours x 16 weeks.

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
PASSIEWE KOMMUNIKASIE
AKTIEWE KOMMUNIKASIE
10% - midterm and finals.
Practice at least 10 minutes every day.

Read:
* fables,
* articles,
* stories and
newspapers

Uitspraak en Lees can be done concurrently.

Also read out loud in the StuddyBuddy sessions.

Submit audio examples to Dropbox for evaluation and feedback.
10% - midterm and finals.
Practice weekly -- see Leerplan.

Purchase Flexitutor.
10% - midterm and finals.
• Practice frequently and include sentences in your weekly report.
• Practice every week - include grammar-related sentences in your weekly report. Watch the weekly lectures and discuss your understanding or ask questions in the StudyBuddy sessions.
8% - Lees: midterm & finals.
Demonstrate understanding of assigned and unassigned pieces.

9% - Luister: midterm & finals
— Demonstrate understanding of assigned and unassigned pieces.
— Practice every week and in  StudyBuddy sessions and in class.



24% Skryf - Weekly
Part 1: Five day-entries of a ½ page or more.
Topics:
• News (local, African, international)
• Personal events
• Afrikaans (Grammatika en Woordeskat). Underline new words from readings ( 10+  p/week). Include new grammar and vocab topics.
StudyBuddy session: (2 or 3 people edit your writing (on Fri - Sun), then rewrite below and submit by Monday 8 am (dropbox).
Part 2: Report on (i) your Study-Buddy session and (ii) your daily study activities.

24% Praat - Weekly.
— 12 topics on the syllabus. Upload audio (.mp3 or .ogg) with your journal.
KULTUUR
5% - finals. 

Do an oral presentation in Afrikaans about selected images.

Tell me all you can culturally observe from the images.
STUDY BUDDY
(Part of Skryf )

Do the following in each session:
Uitspraak: Take turns to read out loud in the StuddyBuddy sessions.
Woordeskat: Drill each other on vocab. Make a sentence with each word you are given.
Grammatika: Explain the grammar principles to each other.
Komm - Lees en Luister: Discuss what you understand. Explore vocab meaning.
Komm - Praat: Practice with each other.
Komm - Skryf: Review each other's writing (share a dropbox folder to exchange docs or email to each other.)



Week 1

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.

Watch this video 1 and watch this video 2 to see if you have your vowels figured out.
Review: Afr 101 (Weeks 1-3)

Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.
Review:
- Personal Pronouns
- Verbs, regular (tenses, progressive, questions, negation, modals)

Watch this video to see if you are good on basics in grammar
Lees (geen)

Luister: Florandia se nuwe Koning

Skryf & Praat:  (none)


Week 2


10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Review Afr 101 (Weeks 4-6)

Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.


Review:
- Third Position (Obj.Pron, Neg, Timewords)
- Infinitives, special
- Infinitives, regular
- Verbs [wees] & [hê] (tenses, progressive, questions, negation, modals)

Watch this video to see if your TO BE verb is understood.
Lees: Jakkals en Wolf 1


Luister:
Jakkals en Wolf 2 - Heuning steel
Jakkals en Wolf 3 - Skaapsteel
Jakkals en Wolf - Visvang

Skryf & Praat: 1
(op 4 Feb)

"Introductions and Greetings"

Week 3

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Review Afr 101 (Weeks 7,9,10)

Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.
Review:
- Verbs: Prefixed & Inseparable  (tenses, questions, negation, modals)
- Prepositions
Lees: Rooikappie

Luister:
Rooikappie (Stephan)
Rooikappie (Benita)
Rooikappie (Jacques - PREZI)
Skryf & Praat: 2
(Op 11 Feb)

"Describe an event for each day of the week" also visit Daaglikse skedule to help you.

Week 4

10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Review Afr 101 (Weeks 11-13)

Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.
Verbs: Passive Voice [inseparable] and Passive Voice [separable] (tenses, modals, negation, questions)
Lees: Wolraad Woltemade

Luister: Wolraad Woltemade
Skryf & Praat: 3
(Op 18 Feb)

Numbers:
Count
Tell time
Temperature in seasons
Basic math

Week 5

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Review Afr 101 (Weeks 14-15)

Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.
Verbs: Separable
Lees: Rachel de Beer

Luister:
Skryf & Praat: 4
(Op  25 Feb)

"What do you take on a trip?"

Week 6

10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.

New Vocab:
Prepositons
Opposites
Degrees of Comparision
Conjunctions: Verb 1st
Lees: Repelsteeltjie

Luister: Repelsteeltjie
Skryf & Praat: 5
(Op 4 Maart)

"Describe 5 very different people based on photographs"

Week 7

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.

New Vocab:
Feelings
Moods
Character Traits
Conjunctions: Verb to end)
Lees & Luister:
Die Rooi Hen
Skryf & Praat: 6
(op 11 Maart)

"Describe your favorite sport"

Week 8

Midtermyn
Midtermyn
Midtermyn
Midtermyn (Lees & Luister)


Spring Break (Lentevakansie) Geen Klas

Week 9

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.

New Vocab:
Clothing Fabric
Seasonings and Condiments
Grains, Nuts and Seeds
Verbs (Food-related)
Eating Out
Verbs: Separable Compound
Lees: Die Drie Varkies

Luister: Die Drie Varkies
Skryf & Praat: 7
(op 1 April)

"Describe your living quarters"

Week 10

10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.

New Vocab:
Doctor
Hospital
Dentist
Prepositional Combinations
Lees: Die Drie Beertjies

Luister: Die Drie Beetjies
Skryf & Praat: 8
(op 8 April)

"Tell me what you did on the weekend"

Week 11

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.

New Vocab:
Intensive Forms
Think Activities
Mental States
Religion
Sports
Degrees of Comparison
Lees & Luister: Grappies
Skryf & Praat: 9
(op 15 April)

"Describe a news event"

Week 12

10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.

New Vocab:
Games
Life Events
Courses
School
Adjective Shift
Lees & Luister: Grappies
Skryf & Praat: 10
(op 22 April)

"Interview someone - e.g.
 * find who they are
 * inquire about their education
 * where they and their family come from (by generations)
 * where they live (as about the locale)"

Week 13

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
Learn 10 new words from Lees & Luister and include in weekly Writings.

New Vocab:
Insects
Fish and other Aquatic Life
Reptiles and Amphibians
Baby Animals
Animal Sounds
Human-Animal Terms
Pets
Farm Animals
DirectionalsLees & Luister: Directionals
Skryf & Praat:11
(op 29 April)

"Describe how to get from A to B (e.g. office, classroom, bus stop, etc.)" and on a campus.
Also visit Waar is jy -- the terms and descriptions will help a lot.

Week 14

10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
New Vocab:
Landscapes
Farm Life
Metals and Elements
Plants and Trees

Review
ReviewReviewSkryf & Praat: 12
(6 Mei)

"Describe your family"

Week 15

UITSPRAAK
WOORDESKAT
GRAMMATIKA
P-KOMMUNIKASIE
A-KOMMUNIKASIE
10 min p/day & StuddyBuddy.
New Vocab:
Phone
Television
The Press
Negotiation
Meetings
Verbs (Communication)

Review
ReviewReviewSkryf (ekstra krediet)

Praat: Share your opinion about a current issue: e.g. elektriese karre, privaatheid op die Internet, misdaad, ens.

Week 16

Finaal
Finaal
Finaal
Finaal (Lees & Luister)

Kultuur 5%
Do an oral presentation of selected images. Click here to see galery.

102

Pronunciation

Vocabulary

Grammar

Communication

Culture

1
Jan24
Do 10 min. p/day. Help each other in Studybuddy sessions.

When you're ok do 15-min. p/week. (Read fables, articles short stories and newspapers

Review 101 Vocab:
Grammar: Pronouns (all)Verbs: ConjugatedQuestion WordsNegationPrepositionsVerbs: Regular 1
Basics: Social ExchangesColorWind DirectionsSeasonsMonthsDays of the WeekPeriods of TimeNumbersTimeThe FamilyMealsOpposites
Descriptions: TasteAdjectives
Review of Verbs-Conjugated: Tense, Progressive, Question, Negation, Modals (TPQNM)

Read & Listen:Introduce yourself & talk about your family (age, gender, birthdays, job, school, hobbies, relationships)
    2 *
    Jan31
    Do 10 + minutes p/day.
      Help each other in
    Studybuddy sessions
    Review 101 Vocab:
    Grammar: Verbs: ModalsRegular 2PrefixedInsepr. CompoundsConj.:1st GroupTime Words • >Tricky Words > Verbs:01-0405-08Prepositions • People> Pers: The Body: External •  ExercisesClothing: GeneralPhysical Descriptions • >Food: General Food TermsMeats •  BeveragesDessert • Ref > Cognates: From German & GreekFrom Latin: EEL, AALEERISMESIE •  TEIT
    Verbs: Conjugated (Perfect/Conditional)

    Verbs as Gerunds (werk > werkende)


    Speak, then Write:Introduce yourself & talk about your family (age, gender, birthdays, job, school, hobbies, relationships)

    Read & Listen:Describe your daily schedule
    3 *
    Feb7
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Review 101 Vocab:
    People> Health: General Health TermsAilments & SymptomsIllnessesPhysical Examination • >AtHome: Dwelling OptionsHouse: Outside •  InsideFurnitureAppliancesCooking Ware • >Pers > Health: JewelryToiletr & Cosm. • >Urban: The CityTraffic •  BankingOffice SuppliesTravel

    Perfect Tenses:
    - Conjugated: WEES / Hê
    - Regular
    - Prefixed / Inseparable Compounds
    - Review: TPQNM

    Conditional/Subjunctive
    - Conjugated: WEES / Hê
    - Regular
    - Prefixed / Inseparable Compounds
    - Review: TPQNM

    Speak, then Write:Describe your daily schedule

    Read & Listen:Numbers: Count; tell time; temperature in each season; basic math
    4 *
    Feb14
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Review 101 Vocab:
    People > Culture: ArtMusicCourses •  Hobbies & Leisure •  Vocations • Nature>Animals > Wild Animals: LargeMedium • SmallBirds • Nature > Inanimate: Universe & Planets •  Weather • Communication: Letters, Texting, EmailCommunication Verbs • Geography: Continents •  RegionsCountries & Nationalities •  Languages •  Cities
    Verbs-Separable Compounds
    - TPQNM
    - Perfect Tenses
    - Conditional/Subjunctive
    Speak, then Write:Numbers: Count; tell time; temperature in each season; basic math;

    Read & Listen: What do you pack for a trip?
    • Language and Politics
    5 *
    Feb21
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    New 102 Vocabulary:
    Grammar: Verbs - Separable • Basics: Class PhrasesCycles of TimeTime of the Day •  Shapes • Descriptions: Adverbs • People > Pers: The Body: InternalClothing: Men'sClothing: Women'sFruitsVegetables
    Passive Voice 1:
    - Regular Verbs,
    - Inspeparable Compounds,
    - Prefixed


    Passive Voice 2:
    - Separable Compound Verbs

    Speak, then Write:What do you pack for a trip?

    Read & Listen:Police report: describe 5 very different people based on photographs

    • The Diaspora
    6 *
    Feb28
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Grammar: 2nd Group ConjunctionsReflexive Verbs • Ref > HomophonesHomonyms
    Verbs-Reflexive

    2nd Group Conjunctions
    Speak, then Write:Police report: describe 5 very different people based on photographs

    Read & Listen:Describe your favorite sport
    • Family Matters: Respect, Independence, Love
    • Social Ills and Challenges
    7 *
    Mar7
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Grammar: 3rd Group Conjunctions
    Ref > Idiomatic InterjectionsIdiomatic Phrases • Grammar >Tricky Words >Conjunctions
    3rd Group ConjunctionsSpeak, then Write:Describe your favorite sport

    Read & Listen:Describe your living quarters
    • Submit a report about the  following topics:
      Education in South Africa
    • Group Relations in South Africa
    • Language and Politics
    • The Diaspora
    • Family Matters: Respect, Independence, Love
    • Social Ills and Challenges
    8
    Mar14
    MidtermMidtermMidtermMidtermMidterm

    102

    Pronunciation

    Vocabulary

    Grammar

    Communication

    Culture

    9 *
    Mar 28
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Descriptions: FeelingsMoodsCharacter Traits
    Prepositional Combinations
    Speak, then Write:Describe your living quarters

    Read & Listen:Tell me what you did on the weekend

    10 *
    Apr4
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Grammar: Degrees of Comp. • People> Person: Clothing-Fabric • >Food: Relation Actions •  Eating Out
    Degrees of Comparison
    Speak, then Write:Tell me what you did on the weekend

    Read & Listen:Describe a news event
    • Sport& Leisure; Sightseeing
    11 *
    Apr11
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    People > Health: DoctorHospitalDentistAdjective Shift
    Speak, then Write:Describe a news event

    Read & Listen:Interview someone to find who they are, what education they have, where they come from, where they live

    12 *
    Apr18
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    People > Mind: Mental States • >Culture: Sport •  GamesLife EventsSchoolDirectionals
    Speak, then Write:Interview someone to find who they are, what education they have, where they come from, where they live

    Read & Listen:Describe how to get from your office, or classroom to the bathroom and to the bus stop or to where you park your car.
    13 *
    Apr25
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Nature>Animals: PetsFarm AnimalsZoo Animals
    Review

    Speak, then Write:Describe how to get from your office, or classroom to the bathroom and to the bus stop or to where you park your car.

    Read & Listen:Describe what you did yesterday
    14 *
    May2
    10 min. p/day.
      &
    Studybuddy sessions
    Review
    Review

    Speak, then Write:Describe what you did yesterday

      15
      May9
      10 min. p/day.
        &
      Studybuddy sessions
      Review
      Review

      Speak, then Write: Review

      Read & Listen: Review
      • Submit a report about the following topics:
        Sport& Leisure; Sightseeing
      • Humor
      • SA Foreign Relations
      • SA Economy
      16
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