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 II Emerita at Yale University.

Mary Hammond-Bloem is Lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.