Colloquial Zulu

Colloquial Zulu is an easy-to-use and up-to-date guide to the Zulu language. Specially written for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Zulu. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Zulu your best choice in language learning?

• It’s interactive - it has lots of exercises for regular practice.
• It’s clear - it has concise grammar notes.
• It’s practical - it has useful vocabulary and a pronunciation guide .
• It’s complete - it includes an answer key and reference section.

Whether you’re a business traveller or you work for an NGO, whether you’re studying to teach or are looking forward to a holiday - if you’d like to get up and running with Zulu, this rewarding course will take you from complete beginner to confidently putting your language skills to use in a wide range of everyday situations. This course is also ideal for an institution-based setting with its clear language pedagogy, cultural information and notes.

Accompanying audio material, recorded by native speakers, is available free online at www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. The audio material will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Sandra Sanneh is Senior Lector of IsiZulu and other South African Lanugages at Yale University.　

Mary Gordon is Lecturer in Isizulu at the University of Kwazulu-Natal.