Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages remains determined to achieve more in 2022

 Professor Langa Khumalo, Chairperson of COPAL and Executive Director for SADiLaR

Universities South Africa’s Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (CoPAL) has put together an elaborate plan of action aiming to realise tangible outcomes for 2022.

CoPAL members agreed at their first meeting for the year to steer the conversation in 2022 towards the implementation of the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education institutions, which was finalised in 2021 and came into effect in January 2022.

Read the full story on the USAf website.

Colloquium on Language Framework for Higher Education: Plenary session 5

From 28 - 29 September 2021 vice-chancellors and language experts from all 26 public universities met virtually to facilitate a common understanding on the New Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions.

Watch the recording of plenary session 4

Colloquium on Language Framework for Higher Education: Plenary Sessions 1 - 3

 From 28 - 29 September 2021 vice-chancellors and language experts from all 26 public universities met virtually to facilitate a common understanding on the New Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions.

Watch the recordings of full plenary sessions 1 - 3.

Colloquium on Language Framework for Higher Education: Plenary session 4

From 28 - 29 September 2021 vice-chancellors and language experts from all 26 public universities met virtually to facilitate a common understanding on the New Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions.

Watch the recording of plenary session 4

The transformation of NWU’s language policy and its far-reaching impact

Professor Robert Balfour, Deputy Vice Chancellor: Teaching and Learning) at North-West University (NWU), was joined by his colleague Dr Keaobaka Seshoka, Language Director for the university’s Language Directorate, to discuss details of transformation of NWU’s language policy, its delivery and the impact it has had on the institution, staff and students.

They shared their detailed presentation to attendees of the recent Colloquium on the New Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions. The online language colloquium was hosted by Stellenbosch University (SU) under the auspices of Universities South Africa (USAf) and is a joint project with USAf’s Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (COPAL).

Dr Balfour said their presentation was, in essence, an overview of what had been done at the NWU to date, within the multilingualism and linguistic transformation project.

 

Read the full story on the Universities South Africa (USAf) website.