Afrikaans Programme
How this Programme came about is the reason for its success. I home-schooled my own two primary school children for a year and, in searching for Afrikaans material, was frustrated and disappointed – and so were they. So I started writing my own stories and based the written work thereon. My first love is creative writing and the stories came flowing out! I based them all on a character called ‘Stoute Neels’ and ensured every story was amusing and relevant to our South African children. Through the repeated reading of the same reader, I noticed an almost immediate improvement in their fluency and pronunciation and an upswing in their confidence – the vocabulary was ‘going in and sticking’! In such a pleasant way, too. They also loved that the written work was all based on the story they were reading, making it relevant and fun. Within a few short weeks, my children were actually beginning to communicate in Afrikaans. When my son went to Maritzburg College the following year, his Afrikaans was so good that he was placed in the A set for Afrikaans – along with all the mother-tongue speakers. His comment: “I know so many words, it’s easy to work out what the sentences mean”. So to teach vocabulary, you can’t beat this system – parrot-learning lists of words just doesn’t work as well.
This has been confirmed again and again over the years: parents, teachers and children alike just love the ‘Stoute Neels’ books.
To help you, there is a translation of every story into English and a detailed guide. Parents, take note: if you child’s Afrikaans is not yet up to standard, I recommend starting a grade below to build confidence – you want them to say, “This is easy!” and then the battle is won. I started my daughter 2 years back!
Recommended for Grade 3 (but start your child lower if he is weak or has done no Afrikaans to date). This Vlak introduces ‘Stoute Neels’ (Naughty Neels). There are 8 readers and 2 workbooks, a translation of every reader and a detailed parents’ guide. This Programme should take at least 20 weeks, and should be supplemented with our extra Afrikaans material: Klanke, Sigwoorde, Begripstoets 1 bk 1 and 1 bk 2; Afrikaans Level 1 bks 1 and 2 – see supplementary material below. Also recommended are the follow-on set of readers, 9 to 16, for additional vocabulary..
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Recommended for Grade 4. Also 8 readers and 2 workbooks, focusing on Neels at home. Comes with 8 readers and 2 workbooks, a translation of every reader and a detailed parents’ guide. This Programme should take at least 20 weeks, and should be supplemented with our extra Afrikaans material: Begripstoets 2 bk 1 and 2 bk 2; Afrikaans Level 2 bk 1 and 2 bk 2; Sinsbou 1 – see supplementary material (below). Also recommended are the follow-on set of readers, 9 to 16, for additional vocabulary.
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Recommended for grade 5. Focuses on Neels on the farm. Comes with 8 readers and 2 workbooks, a translation of every reader and a detailed parents’ guide. This Programme should take at least 20 weeks, and should be supplemented with our extra Afrikaans material: Afrikaans Level 3 bk 1; Begripstoets 3 bk 1 and Sinsbou 2 – see supplementary material (below). Also recommended are the follow-on set of readers, 9 to 16 for additional vocabulary.
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Recommended for Grade 6. Focuses on Neels and his dreadful aunt, Tannie Miems. Comes with 8 readers and 2 workbooks, a translation of every reader and a detailed parents’ guide. This Programme should take at least 20 weeks, and should be supplemented with our extra Afrikaans material: Begripstoets 3 bk 2 and Sinsbou 3 – see supplementary material (below).
SCHOOLS: READERS SOLD IN BULK ONLY, AND SPECIAL RATES FOR BULK BUYS OF WORKBOOKS.