Corporate Xhosa Training
- gateway to Transformation and Diversity Awareness

UBuntu Bridge offers learning tools, classes, workshops and community tours to help adult learners in a corporate or organizational context become comfortable and confident in everyday conversational Xhosa, through a mix of simplified and appropriate grammatical explanations, useful and important vocabulary.

Through fun and engaging Xhosa language and culture classes and innovative learning materials, we enable people to start speaking practical Xhosa from the first lesson, whilst creating a respectful awareness around African and specifically Xhosa culture, which in turn leads to a greater sense of appreciation for their colleagues and fellow citizens, not just Xhosa, but even those learning Xhosa with them.  Please enquire by email for our Transformation Team-building Brochures.

UBuntu Bridge expects to be SETA accredited in July 2012.

UBuntu Bridge is registered as a verified/approved supplier on the Western Cape Supplier Database (WCSD/Trade World), in line with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act No. 5 of 2000 (PPPFA).

Previous Clients:

We have had the privilege of teaching in the following organisations, amongst others:

• Anchor Yeast
• Compass Bakeries
• Department of the Premier: CEI - Kuilsrivier and CBD
• Earth Child Project
• Equal Education
• Goedgedacht Forum
• Grinaker LTA, Ottery
• Local Government Housing Department
• Media 24
• Metropolitan Health Group, CT
• Mothers2Mothers NGO
• Nedbank
• Old Mutual
• Price Waterhouse Coopers, Century City
• RE:CM
• Rennie Farms, Paarl
• SANParks, West Lake
• SEDA - Small Enterprise Development Agency
• SIT International
• Social Change Assistance Trust (SCAT)
• Sonke Gender Justice Institute
• TMT Services and Supplies, Century City
• Ubuntu Wellness Centre, CBD
• The US Consulate, Steenberg, CT
• Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board, CBD, CT

Teaching Xhosa to Organisations:

Learners in the Corporate Context are often busy and struggle to take up the learning of a language, which takes effort and courage and persistence.  While we prioritise fun and clarity as the best tools for learning, we also have used our experience to create a service that best fits the corporate needs.

The way in which we have structured the modules and learning options for you is designed to negate these problems as is realistically possible and provide you with excellent service:

• The lessons are perfectly suited to the needs of adult, employed learners, with the materials and the structure giving learners a number of opportunities to catch up if they miss a lesson.
• Our teachers are fun, inspiring and engaging.
• Our CDs and manuals are renowned for their simplicity, quality and entertainment value.
• We can do weekly courses as one hour lessons or offer half-day workshops.
• We are increasingly investing in our online learning environment and video lessons.

Xhosa Level 1: (Includes Manual and 2 Cds)	Xhosa Level 2: (Includes Manual and 2 Cds)
Lesson 1: Pronunciation, Reading and Greetings	Lesson 7: Negatives
Lesson 2: Introduction to Verbs and Prefixes	Lesson 8: Past Tense and Negative Past Tense
Lesson 3: Crucial Sentence Building Blocks.	Lesson 9: Asking and answering questions
Lesson 4: Greetings, Names and Titles	Lesson 10: Na as and / with / have
Lesson 5: Introductions and Pleasantries	Lesson 11: Recent Past and Verb Extensions
Lesson 6: Integration Orals and extra lessons	Lesson 12: Remote Past and Personal Details

The course content is usually covered one lesson per one class, but depending on the size of the class and the time afforded by the organisation, as well as the pace of the learners, the overall pace of the course is flexible and makes sure that all learners have ample opportunity to keep up with the pace, even if they miss a class or two.

Homework emails and Pin Up Phrase Sheets accompany each class, ensuring learners always know what to prioritise.

Requesting a Quote or Brochure:

We welcome all enquiries via the contact form

or… email us a request for a proposal/quote with the following text in the body of the email:

• Approximate number of participants:
• Type of course if not the usual Level 1 and 2 beginners twice weekly classes (This is our most commonly requested service, a 14 lesson absolute beginners course). We also offer series of half-day workshops, one to two workshops per Audio CD.
• Preferred time and days of the week:
• Preferred starting dates:
• Do you want on-site training (preferable)
• If so, please send the address: