Potpourri


 prefix that means many and lingua is the root meaning language/tongue. Can you work out what bilingual means?


Note


Standard Xhosa is the language taught and


written in schools and universities as well as


textbooks. Urban Xhosa is the way people speak it in the townships.


6. Which of the 10 bulleted reasons appeals to you the most? Say why. (3) 7. Why is the use of bullets in the text effective?


8. Why did the writer put It is more oſten nice than not! in brackets in the first bullet?


You cannot learn a new language when you are old. Total: 20 ACTIVITY 3


Read the following extract which was adapted from http://www.argief.litnet. co.za and answer the questions that follow.


Between languages:


Shané Kleyn interviews Tessa Dowling about the status of Xhosa Tessa, you took a long break from teaching at UCT. What did you do during this extended break? I set up a multimedia language development company called African Voices with Christine Dunckley, a brilliant computer programmer. Together we have produced an interactive multimedia programme Speak Xhosa with us, then later Speak Zulu with us which have a world-wide audience. In addition we produced a range of audio CDs; everyday phrases for Sotho, Tswana, Pedi, Zulu and Xhosa. I have also been teaching companies how to speak Xhosa. When Dr 


Do the books written in Xhosa reflect the spoken version?  but first and second language students of Xhosa need to be exposed to varieties other than standard Xhosa, because:     which certain words and terms are no longer used, even by standard language speakers.


  areas.


Do you think Xhosa will survive as a language? Yes, it will. But we must accept that Xhosa is changing and we must not criticise everyone who deviates slightly from standard Xhosa. I think we need to encourage non-Xhosa speakers to learn the language. Te more fun and funky we make it, the more speakers we will have, and the more likely it will not die out.


Are students generally interested in studying African languages nowadays? 


Where did you learn Xhosa? I learnt Xhosa at the University of Cape Town. I was 24 when I started.


Please tell us more about your website, www.afrilang.uct.ac.za. Initial work on this website was done by Dr Mantoa Rose Smouse. She has been very supportive of me and when I told her I wanted to create a new website she gave me everything she had been working on. I was then able to include on the website information about the new courses we will be offering in our Department. (393 words)


9. Say whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE. Quote from the text to support your answer.


(1) (1) (2) (2)


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