Accomplished so far ... | |
| Pronunciation (done): • Consonants (all) • Vowels (still working on Y-UI) •Plurals, • Diminutives HOLISTIC: Read DIE 3 VARKIES | (Objective: Know sounds individually, and in a holistic reading, produce Afrikaans that is easily understood by native speakers.) Consonants Prefixes Vowels Plurals Diminutives Assimilation Glottal Stop Exceptions Stress & Emphasis Spelling Rules |
| Vocabulary (done): • BASIC LISTS •Color, Wind directions, Seasons, Months, Days of the Week, Periods of Time, Numbers, Cycles of time, Time, The family, Meals | (Objective: Know basic vocab well. Build lists as needed for speaking topics.) Basic Lists: Color, Wind directions, Seasons, Months, Days of the Week, Periods of Time, Numbers, Cycles of time, Time, The family, Meals, ...more to come |
| Grammar (done): • [A] PRONOUNS - SUBJECT, - OBJECT, - POSSESSIVE, - POSS. ADJECTIVES •[B] VERBS with (Tenses) (Negation) (Questions) (Modals) • REGULAR VERBS • PREFIXED VERBS • SEPARABLE VERBS • TO BE • TO HAVE | (Objective: 1--Understand and explain in English. 2--Give several examples in Afrikaans. 3--Develop a production that is fluent and automatic.) [A] Pronouns ►(Subj, Obj, Possessive) [B] Verbs (Regular, Prefixed, Separable, TO BE, TO HAVE) (For each Verb group - Tenses, Questions, Negation, Modals,) (The later .... Perfect, Conditional, and Passive) [C] Third Position ► Object Pronouns, Time Words, Negation [D] Preposition + Verb [E] Conjunctions: Verb 2nd [I] Conjunctions: Verb 1st [J] Conjunctions: Verb Last [F] Special Infinitives [G] Standard Infinitives [H] Gerunds (Present / Past) [K] Directionals [L] Degrees of Comparison [M] Adjective Shift [N] Prepositional Combinations |
| Praat (done): • Hoe gaan dit? • Waar kom jy vandaan? • Beskryf vir my hoe lyk ... (jou kamer, jou dorp, jou huis) • | (Objective: Speak to the topic in basic words to get the meaning across, and do the basic patter by heart. Then ad terms, phrases and sentences to make it adequate.) Beginner Topics [PRESENT] • Hoe gaan dit? Beginner Topics [PAST] • Waar het jy Afrikaans geleer? Beginner Topics [FUTURE] • Wat gaan jy vandag doen?• Wat gaan jy vanaand doen? • Wat gaan jy oor die naweek doen? • Wat is jou toekomsplanne? • Make requests |
| Luister (done): • | (Objective: Become comfortable in hearing Afrikaans and build a base to understand. Use soaps, stories, poems, song lyrics, etc. Also use Internet radio.) Beginner Topics [PRESENT] • Understand questions -- Beginner topics |
Immediate Assignments
(FUTURE: Week x)
* GRAMMAR: Make sentences with VERB-LAST CONJUNCTIONS.
e.g. Almal weet DAT ... (Everybody knows that ....)
jy by die huis is.
ek die boek wil lees.
ek nie die boek wil lees nie.
ek dit nie nou wil lees nie.
For Week x
* VOCABULARY: Revisit all the vocab in the BASICS LIST, especially be fluid with NUMBERS, MONTHS, FAMILY, and DATES
* SPEAKING: Make at least 10 sentences of what you are grateful for. Ek is dankbaar ... (vir my vriende) .... (om gesond te wees) .... etc.
* Prepare a full conversation (in English) to answer BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE questions for an oral interview and mail them to the instructor.
* Make sentences with EN TOE..... (use 1. past tense and redo and use 2. present tense structure)
* Make sentences with OM TE + VERB
e.g. Ek is hier ...
(to help)
(to help you)
(to help you with homework)
John got cash ...
(to buy)
(to buy food)
(to buy food for the kids)
(to buy food for the kids in the street)
* GRAMMAR: Review verb lists for REGULAR and PREFIXED verbs
* PRONUNCIATION: Read die DRIE BEERTJIES
For Week x
* Make sentences with EN TOE..... (using past tense or present tense structure)
* Make sentences with OM TE + VERB
e.g. Ek is hier (to help) (to help you) (to help you with homework)
John got cash (to buy) (to buy food) (to buy food for the kids) (to buy food for the kids in the street)
* Review verb lists for REGULAR and PREFIXED verbs
* Read for Pronunciation (DRIE BEERTJIES)