How can I find a teacher to learn Mauritian Creole?
I am not based in Mauritius, so the lessons should be online and via email/chat. Thank you
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The majority of people don't find Creole to be a useful language, so there's no demand for its lessons. Therefore you'll have a hard time finding someone to teach you especially if you're seeking internet tuition.
Every Mauritian writes Creole in their own way and I think that's going to be a hurdle in your learning. If you're starting from scratch, I would advise you to learn written Creole as proposed by the Akademi Kreol Morisien as it's the more accepted way of writing.
Update
We've launched a Mauritian Creole Lessons for Beginners Course to fill in the gap, so check it out.
thank you for sharing your thoughts. I know about the writing and am also aware the Creole is a changing language, but since it is being taught at schools now there should be some kind of teaching system... I hope ;-)
Thank you for the link, will read the paper.
hello, shiyina, i graduated from the University of Mauritius this year and i completed my degree in French studies. I actively participated in the Kreol Mauricien Dictionnary and i can help you to learn our Kreol Mauricien.
NEED SOMEONE TO TEACH ME CREOLE MAURITIUS. I AM TERRIBLE LEARNER BE WARNED. ONLY ENGLISH SPEAKING. PLEASE HELP AS I WANT TO CONVERSE IF ONLY BASICALLY WITH MY MAURITIAN FRIEND. THANKS.
I'm [very, I think] good at writing in Mauritian Kreol, but I'm not sure I'm good at teaching. But I can give a Kreol translation of any word or phrase if that can help. A blog (my preferred way of communicating) or a Facebook page might be more practical for this.
Why not help me put more stuff on the post? :) It's mostly transliteration of Kreol that is needed.
I think this page will become very popular. While searching for a teacher and teaching material, I came across a lot of posts of people searching for phrase books and dictionaries...
I myself am looking for a professional teacher. I read Creole is being taught at schools in Mauritius now, so hopefully one of them will be free to teach a foreigner abroad as well...
@Khush_Mendossa I'll visit that post from time to time, but I'm already very busy with my English blog, which has had a rather slow start. I'll put a 'Learn Kreol' page there which should help me be more regular with the blog. I already started a similar page two years ago. But it was on Weebly, with whose dashboard I was not happy- just like I'm not very happy with Blogger/blogspot- so I deleted it.
@shiyina you'll know your Kreol is good when you can read the posts on my main blog, Sagitarianblog which is presently the only one completely in Kreol....
There doesn't exist any online course for Mauritian Kreole sorry.
But I can do one for you via email or on my personal blog if it's really important. It will be only basic stuffs.
Is it okay with you?
That would be a beginning, thank you very much.
I had found a website with contact information for teachers who do lessons via Skype, phone, email... I tried to contact a few who teach French asking whether they also offer creole, but no answer so far...
thank you... nice start! I keep searching for a teacher who can do lessons online via chat or Skype...
Welcome! If you want to have a 'lesson' via chat, go to this page and leave your contact. It will be a start as I've had formation how to teach using Kreol years ago.
Will continue updating the blog.
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