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Breaking the Cycle
People often ask me why we started first our trilingual preschool, and then later ZuluMites – and while I could list a page full of the reasons, top of that list would undoubtedly be for our own children. It’s the gift I wanted to give my own kids. I really want my...
Teaching Zulu when you have no idea what you’re doing
It’s COVID-19 around here, which means we’re all scrubbing our own toilets, trying to keep our businesses alive, and being the teachers for every subject for our children at home. It is a strange world indeed, and besides feeling totally exhausted at the end of every...
Do hard things
Many have tried, unsuccessfully, to climb the mountain of learning a new language. While in theory, we can all agree on the value and have great intentions, there seem to be major stumbling blocks working against us. Perhaps understanding what some of those stumbling...
Understanding the ZuluMites Methodology
We are often asked why our ZuluMites teachers only speak Zulu to the children. Through both extensive research, and based on our own experience, we know that a complete immersion in the target language to be the most effective way to learn language for the following...
Our Story on Ebiz Radio
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Helping schools with second-language kids
We've assisted MANY Preschools and private Primary Schools over the years - with strategies and resources, teachers and training - that aimed to make their classrooms more effective and fun when it comes to teaching and learning Zulu. Our experiences have got me...
Making isiZulu Important
We all know that there is great value in ensuring our children grow up speaking isiZulu. Schools know it, families know it, yet why are we not getting this right? We run many programmes and services that encourage families and young children to learn isiZulu in a fun,...
Benefits of Family Learning
Families are a wondrous thing – they are all unique, a safe space for growing and experiencing life’s major lessons, full of love, forgiveness and the chaos of life, and littered with special moments of real connection and joy. I sincerely believe that families, not...
Conversational? Really?
“I just want to be conversational” is a phrase we hear a lot when it comes to language learning. The just in this sentence implies that to get conversational is easy, and requires a shorter time commitment. But I want you to know there is no logic to this statement,...
How Parents can assist with isiZulu Learning
Motivation for learning any language and specifically isiZulu is unique to every family; but in the South African context, we can all agree on the vast social, cultural, historical and practical benefits to speaking this language. isiZulu is spoken by more than 20% of...
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