Mom’s TikTok Journey Teaching 11-Year-Old Daughter IsiZulu Gets 1.4M Views, SA Amused by Home Lessons

• One girl's mother is determined to make her fluent in isiZulu, and she is showing the whole journey to the internet
• The mother-daughter duo became viral sensations when they started recording the daughter's Isuzulu lessons at home
• The kid's mom Lungile Zenda spoke to Briefly News about why she is homeschooling her child in isiZulu

One young girl's struggle with isiZulu continues in a series of TikTok videos. Briefly News reported that people had jokes about how bad one tween's isiZulu was.

The girl's progression since the previous article received over 82,000 likes. There were also more than 2 000 comments as people discussed whether the kid was improving.

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Mum continuing to teach daughter isiZulu goes TikTok viral

A mum and daughter on TikTok, @lungileluluzenda, are keeping track of their Isizulu lessons. Lungile told Briefly News that her child was born in Johannesburg, but her isiZulu decreased after starting primary school. The tween daughter is slowly making progress, and one of their latest videos proves it.

Watch the video below:

Mother explains why she has to teach daughter isiZulu herself

The mom told Briefly News she trying to enforce what her kid does at school. She said:

"I noticed during Covid when kids were being home-schooled that Zulu was not a major focus at school, which led me to take a proactive step and I started speaking more Zulu in the house. In 2022 I began personally curating Zulu lessons for her and encouraged more interaction with our Zulu-speaking relatives in KZN. "

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Lungile also said other parents have the same issue trying to teach their children their home language and that parents should not feel ashamed if their child is not fluent. She explained to Briefly News:

"My advice is to be consistent and reinforce the language. Treat the language seriously, your children will do the same. Be patient and make learning fun by engaging in Zulu activities together, such as singing or playing games."

SA reviews daughter's isiZulu progress in TikTok video series

Many people have been invested in watching the young girl learn to speak her home language. The mom and daughter have been doing videos of the isiZulu lessons. Read what online users had to say:

Thandiwe

"I love how she’s trying yazi. In no time she’ll be super fluent & confident in the language."

Zakhele_Jozin

"When iI have a bad day iIjust come to ur account and start."

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maKunene

"Mommy I applaud you. I would be rolling when she finished 'yisho konke'."

It’s _Sam

"Yoh why did I hear Chinese at first?"

thandyy2508misshearts

"She's trying though."

Online users enjoy language-learning TikTok videos

Many people like to see others learn different languages. Netizens are often excited when they see someone learn quickly.

"You sound beautiful in isiZulu": Thuso Mbedu praised for sounding natural

Briefly News previously reported that Thuso Mbedu won South Africans' hearts when she delivered her L'Oréal promo in isiZulu.

The stunning actress recently got a gig with L'Oréal Paris and waved the Mzansi flag proudly when she beat her chest and told people to be proud of themselves in her native Zulu language.

The video was posted on TikTok by @Fortue120 and received 150K likes. In the video, the beautiful Thuso Mbedu stunned Mzansi when she encouraged them in a L'Oréal commercial in isiZulu.

Source: Briefly News