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| olps Newbie Canada Joined 6698 days ago 24 posts - 24 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Czech | Message 1 of 7 16 November 2009 at 1:36am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm hoping there are a few South AFricans who can help me out here. For quite some time I've been really
fascinated by all things SA and am starting to think about a possible work abroad/study abroad in South Africa. I was sort of thinking Cape Town (or Western Cape) but I'm not sure. So, my question is, how are South African Colleges/Universities for media programs (mainly television and film), or even just colleges/universities in general? Secondly, and this is language oriented, I'm considering learning Afrikaans. I've heard English is spoken by so many, but would Afrikaans help out? I'd find it interesting to learn even if it's not needed. Thanks!! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ennime Tetraglot Senior Member South Africa universityofbrokengl Joined 5904 days ago 397 posts - 507 votes  Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto, Afrikaans Studies: Xhosa, French, Korean, Portuguese, Zulu | Message 2 of 7 19 November 2009 at 1:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Afrikaans is still spoken here, but not so much in the city... Cape Town is mostly
English, you'll find Afrikaans speaking people here but unless you specifically inquire you wouldn't even know. Outside cities or in some suburbs and some townships Afrikaans is still widely used. I guess Afrikaans wouldn't really do anything for your daily life or work if you're fluent in English, it's just a nicety to do. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6665 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 3 of 7 20 November 2009 at 9:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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Stellenbosch has a pretty good university and people there mainly speak Afrikaans. However, I don't know if the courses are in English or Afrikaans.
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| olps Newbie Canada Joined 6698 days ago 24 posts - 24 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Czech | Message 4 of 7 21 November 2009 at 1:17am | IP Logged | ||
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What about Xhosa? How useful would that be in the western cape? I've also heard varied things about safety; is this
something I should be worried about? Thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5924 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 5 of 7 23 November 2009 at 8:46am | IP Logged | ||
After reading more about the university's language policy, there are also some undergraduate courses offered in English or Afrikaans & English simultaneously, though Afrikaans is still the dominant language. Edited by mick33 on 23 November 2009 at 8:48am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ennime Tetraglot Senior Member South Africa universityofbrokengl Joined 5904 days ago 397 posts - 507 votes Speaks: English, Dutch*, Esperanto, Afrikaans Studies: Xhosa, French, Korean, Portuguese, Zulu | Message 6 of 7 17 February 2010 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | ||
Don't worry, most Coloureds and Whites here don't speak any native African language... and they grew up here... Actually, Xhosa and the rest are quite in the shadow of the all mighty English. also, the colloquial Xhosa is getting very different from what you'd learn in uni or school or in a TY book... they call it Fanak, and there seems to be a quite a diglossic situation brewing here. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| GauchoBoaCepa Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5419 days ago 172 posts - 199 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 7 of 7 20 February 2010 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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The World Cup is coming on....I think that they still need people who master other languages in order to deal with tourists...no?
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