In a recent SAfm interview, Ashraf Garda chats with Dr Tessa Dowling, Senior Lecturer in African Languages at UCT and Xhosa course trainer at Skillfully.

She discusses how speaking Xhosa can boost your confidence, enhance your ability to connect across cultures, and open up unique career opportunities.
Tessa also shares her own journey with the language and encourages more South Africans to embrace multilingualism.

If you’re eager to learn Xhosa, Dr Dowling offers two courses tailored to suit your proficiency level. Speak Xhosa in Eight Weeks is a beginner’s course for those starting from scratch and wanting to master the basics. The Intermediate Xhosa course focuses on conversation practice, helping learners work towards fluency.