For Beginners

Afrikaans Books For Beginners

Avatar

If you want to start learning Afrikaans as a beginner, several excellent books, courses, and resources are highly recommended to help you build a solid foundation in the language[2][3].

  • Colloquial Afrikaans: The Complete Course for Beginners – This comprehensive book by Bruce Donaldson covers core grammar, vocabulary, and practical dialogue and comes with audio material to help reinforce correct pronunciation and build listening skills[2][3].
  • Teach Yourself Complete Afrikaans – Authored by Lydia McDermott and Helena Van Schalkwyk, this title is known for its user-friendly approach, step-by-step grammar explanations, and vocabulary-building exercises, also supported by audio CDs[2][3][6].
  • Innovative Language’s Learn Afrikaans – Level 1: Introduction to Afrikaans – An engaging audio course that takes you through beginner Afrikaans conversations, vocabulary, and grammar in a fun and practical way. Audio dialogues and downloadable PDFs are included for comprehensive practice[1].
  • Complete Afrikaans Beginner to Intermediate Book and Audio Course – This resource combines thematic units with a focus on communication, using dialogues, tests, and pronunciation practice, taking you from absolute beginner up to an intermediate (B2) level[4][6].
  • Learn Afrikaans in 52 Weeks – Designed for sentence mining, this book offers thematic phrases for every week of the year, including regular tests and English translations, aiming to give learners over 2,500 useful sentences by the end of the course[3].
  • Free Afrikaans Workbooks (PDF) – AfrikaansPod101 provides 16+ printable workbooks focusing on the alphabet, grammar, and essential language topics, ideal for practical writing and review exercises[7].
  • Apps such as Mondly – For interactive and gamified learning, apps like Mondly offer daily Afrikaans lessons, vocabulary drills, and pronunciation feedback, suitable for busy beginners seeking a mobile approach[5].

References

Other Posts