UB Community Calendar

Molweni bafundi
Welcome to the event calendar section of our Online Community.  

Here you will find dates, times, descriptions and other important info relating to the most recent and upcoming community events.
We trust you enjoy and make the most of all these great opportunities to learn and connect.
Share your suggestions and ideas in the comments below.

Zoom Practice Schedule:

How to Access?:

Check your Tutor Cruncher Calendars to access the below classes and see the dates relevant to your level and package or see below for further information.

Who can access which sessions?

AmaZoomZoom Members: Revision & Imibuzo, isiXhosa qha, Xhosa Exercises (i.e. all events)
AmaCoach Members: Revision & Imibuzo, isiXhosa qha, Xhosa Exercises (i.e. all events)

AmaBarebones Members: Community Events, Revision & Imibuzo Sessions (during old lecture time).
Do you want full access to the practice schedule for the next month?
Get a 20% discount once off payment for one month here.

When are the sessions?

Level 1 is mid-semester so all things continue as usual!

Level 2 Schedule

Please see below for event descriptions

Level 3 Schedule

Please see below for event descriptions

Level 4 Schedule Sample:

EVENT DESCRIPTIONS:

PLEASE NOTE:
– We have decided to split the 60 min practice sessions to be 30 mins of exercises and 30 minutes of isiXhosa qha, at least that is the guideline for now and will adjust as needed.
– You do not need to RSVP, just drop-in at any time during the session.
– We are in an experimental phase and will make adjustments based on feedback as we progress!  But we have to start somewhere 🙂

Revision & Imibuzo:

  • Description:  These replace the old lecture sessions and will be covering general or specific assessment content as revision for students before or after they do assessments, where content will be revised and students can ask questions.
  • Duration:  30-60 mins as needed per student numbers and lecture length
  • Cost:  Free (mahala) for All members (Lite/BB/ZZ/Coach)
  • ZOOM Link:  Check your Tutor Cruncher Calendars to access the above classes and see the dates relevant to your level

isiXhosa qha:

  • Description:  isiXhosa qha is practiced immersion, where the teachers and students speak no English at all, unless asked ngesiXhosa by the teacher. Otherwise it is only Xhosa! IsiXhosa qha! Students are to make as much use of Clarification Phrases as possible, listen to others and practice what they can, without needing to be perfect. Sessions will be level specific.
  • Duration:  30 mins
  • Cost:  Free (mahala) for ZZ and Coach students only
  • ZOOM Link: Check your Tutor Cruncher Calendars to access the above classes and see the dates relevant to your level

Xhosa Exercises:

  • Description:  Sessions will involve students engaging in exercises from the course content, new exercises or covering sample conversations. Students can ask questions in English.
  • Duration:  30 mins
  • Cost:  Free (mahala) for ZZ and Coach students only
  • ZOOM Link: Check your Tutor Cruncher Calendars to access the above classes and see the dates relevant to your level


Technical Difficulties:
If you are unable to see any of the above events that you should have access to as per your package please don’t hesitate to reach out to our admin team . We look forward to kicking off these new formats and you guys meeting a few more fellow students in these upcoming classes.


AmaBareBones Booster to ZoomZoom for a month:
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COMMUNITY HEALTH:

Yoga / Movement:

Come join our weekly Yoga sessions. Learn basic movement instructions in isiXhosa, link your active brain cells of language learning with the appropriate movement in your body to enhance memory and relax your body and mind. All levels welcome!

  • Facilitator:  Sikelelwa
  • When: Thursdays at 4pm
  • Where: On our isixhosa_gram Instagram account
  • Description:  Easy, simple yoga and stretching postures taught in Xhosa and English, so you can attend without having studied but any studying of vocan and phrases will be rewarded as we link flow, endorphins and learning
  • Duration:  30 mins or as advertised
  • RSVP: all welcome
  • Cost:  free / mahala
  • ZOOM Link:  As per schedule colour code

Live with Sandi:

Catch Sandi on Thursdays for our Thetha sessions at 1pm. Bring your notes, bring your clarification phrases or just come and learn some basics. All levels welcome.

Live with Deon:

Come join bhuti Deon on Tuesdays at 12pm a live Xhosa chat exercise on Instagram. All levels welcome, come and have a conversation or just listen in for some Xhosa immersion.

Enjoy Guys! Yonwabele, bethu
We will keep improving this system! Sizoyimprova le-system!

PAST EVENTS:

Culture Talk with Adam Reynolds: “Metacognition: Learning How to Learn”

Watch the Replay here

About Adam: He is a passionate science teacher and lifelong learner and is deeply interested in how learning works. As a teacher and creator of educational resources, he picked up and deliberately sought out a lot of really helpful and practical knowledge and principles of learning that are not known to many people, even those involved in education. These principles are robust, well-established, and often surprising and go against a lot of “perceived wisdom” around how people learn best or think they learn best. He loves creating educational resources and is fascinated by how learning works, cognitive science, and positive psychology.

Currently Adam is split between roles in Learning Analytics and Educational Technology at two different organisations: Siyavula Education (an online mathematics and science practice platform) and Axium Education, an NGO based in the rural Eastern Cape near Zithulele Hospital where he lives with his wife and two-year-old on the homestead of a local Xhosa family.

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