Teach Yourself Zulu Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself Series) [Audio Cassette]

Teach Yourself Publishing (Author), Arnett Wilkes (Author), Nicholas Nkosi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 084423687X | ISBN-13: 978-0844236872 | Publication Date: June 1996 | Edition: Pap/Cas

Zulu's linguisitic role in southern Africa is growing as Zulu leaders enter the new South African government. this practical audio course will help beginners learn the basics of this fascinating language. The two cassettes challenge learners to comprehend and respond to phrases spoken by native Zulu speakers.

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Text: English --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company; Pap/Cas edition (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084423687X
• ISBN-13: 978-0844236872
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,790,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Teach yourself Zulu, June 17, 2001

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Dr A E Barnard (Ingwavuma, KwaZuluNatal South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Zulu Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself Series) (Audio Cassette)

This book is attractively printed and the tape is useful for learning pronounciation. However, I found the teaching style was not good. It jumps straight in to trying to teach all the different noun classes at once, which is enough to baffle and discourage any beginner. There are other much better books on the market, such as Phezulu, and the Sanibona series. which introduce the most common noun classes first, and teach more complicated gramma later.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A real treat!, September 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself Zulu Complete Course (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

This is a really terrific book. I fell in love with the language when I first heard it. One thing couldn't be emphasized strongly enough: Get the tapes. The click sounds of Zulu are probably what are best known to outsiders, but in the way of difficult sounds there is much, much more. I do think that the authors could perhaps have done a little more than they did to explain how the non-click sounds are articulated; their comment that "hl" is like the "ll" in Welsh would probably be a big help if I lived in Wales, but I don't. Still, with a lot of practice with the tapes, I can make most of these sounds pretty well. My advice would be to listen to the tapes quite a few times before trying to imitate the sounds- that and don't give up easily.

The grammatical material is extremely well presented. The structure of Zulu is of course completely different from any European language, but even in the first lesson (devoted to greetings) one gets a good idea of what noun concords are and how they work. Zulu is perhaps a little unusual in that respect because greetings in most languages don't lend themselves nearly that well to analysis. Getting a deep look at the structure of the language just in phrases like "How are you?" and "How is it with you?" was really fun and exciting.

I hope that there will be sufficient interest generated from this book that the authors would consider writing a sequel. I would await it eagerly!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teach Yourself ZULU, May 21, 2006

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redflowers - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Zulu Complete Course (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

This complete set is great. The cassette tapes are easily understood and the book that accompanies it is very clear with instructions. It really help me pass a class that I was taking. This set is highly recommended.