This course will become read-only in the near future. Tell us at community.p2pu.org if that is a problem.
The materials in this group are designed to assist a home-based learner of Shiyeyi in learning to speak and/or read & write the Shiyeyi language. Shiyeyi is a language which is spoken primarily in Botswana and Namibia.
The internet has a wide variety of resources that can be used to elicit language data from Shiyeyi speakers. These include websites such as the following:
There are also sites that have direct information on Shiyeyi itself, such as:
This video from Dalarna University offers some good insights into the process of self-directed language study.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GCLYYNmu5g
Particularly helpful is the 7 stages by which one can measure one's progress in language learning. It is only in the last 2 stages where one can be considered "fluent" but that should not detract from the success of having achieved any of the first 5 stages. A definite must-watch for anyone about to embark on self-directed language learning.
