Afrikaans courses Archives - Stellenbosch University Language Centre

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7 July 2025

Afrikaans courses, Courses, IsiXhosa courses, Language Learning Hub, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

Each semester, the SU Language Centre partners with the International Office’s Global Education Programme to offer three flagship language courses to visiting international students. During the first semester of 2025,…

Ten years of Afrikaans language and culture for Dutch speaking exchange students: An interview with Sen Joostens

21 May 2025

10th anniversary, Afrikaans courses, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

Sen Joostens completed our Afrikaans language and culture course for Dutch-speaking students in 2020 while he was an exchange student at SU from Belgium. Today, he facilitates Afrikaans language learning…

Ten years of Afrikaans language and culture for Dutch-speaking students at SU: An interview with lecturer, Helga Sykstus

14 April 2025

10th anniversary, Afrikaans courses, Courses, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

This year, it will be ten years since Helga Sykstus, lecturer and coordinator at the SU Language Centre with more than 20 years of experience, had launched the Afrikaans language…

Languages Week 2025 at SU, with something for all students and staff

11 February 2025

Afrikaans courses, Events, IsiXhosa courses, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

This year, SU joins the EUTOPIA Alliance Languages Week from 3 to 7 March 2025 to celebrate languages, culture and diversity across the world.

First-ever Languages Week at SU, with something for all staff and students

12 February 2024

Afrikaans courses, Events, IsiXhosa courses, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

This year, SU joins the EUTOPIA Alliance Languages Week from 4 to 8 March 2024 to celebrate languages, culture and diversity across the world.

Language learning at Language Centre opens doors for internationalisation

2 August 2023

Afrikaans courses, Courses, English courses, IsiXhosa courses, Language Learning Hub, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

SU uses the concept of internationalisation at home to enhance the integration of local students with visiting students from other countries. This approach gives the Language Centre an opportunity to…

So many kinds of freedom

26 April 2023

Afrikaans courses, Language Learning Hub, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

“I never even knew that such a kind of personal freedom existed, because I had never experienced it before.” In celebration of Freedom Day on 27 April, a Belgian exchange students shares her thoughts on freedom with us, originally in Afrikaans, but translated into English below.

Book chat with Vernita B

1 September 2022

Academic and professional literacies, Afrikaans courses, Book chat, Multilingualism, Recent news

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Vernita Beukes, a lecturer and coordinator of language acquisition courses at the Language Centre. She says:…

Book chat with Helga S

5 August 2022

Academic and professional literacies, Afrikaans courses, Book chat, Language Learning Hub, Recent news

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Helga Sykstus. Helga manages the Language Centre’s Language Learning Hub and is a specialist in the…

A look at Afrikaans language and culture, tailored for Dutch-speaking exchange students

23 September 2021

Afrikaans courses, Courses, Language Learning Hub, Life is language, Multilingualism, Recent news

The Stellenbosch University (SU) Language Centre has been involved in the Global Education Programme of SU International for more than 20 years by offering a Beginner Afrikaans course for visiting…