Language and communication services Archives - Stellenbosch University Language Centre

Let’s talk language freedom in celebration of Freedom Day

24 April 2025

Articles in isiXhosa, Language and communication services, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

On 27 April, South Africa commemorates Freedom Day, marking both the anniversary of the first democratic elections in 1994 and the introduction of the new (interim) Constitution, which guaranteed equal…

Online interpreting in the classroom – now even more seamless!

1 February 2024

Language and communication services, Recent news

SU lecturers! Does your module use interpreting, or would you like to use interpreting in your module? The SU Language Centre’s Interpreting Service interpreters are available online to interpret for…

Teamwork makes the team work: Lecturers’ online partner in multilingualism

25 July 2023

Language and communication services, Life is language, Multilingualism, Online language support, Our languages

Some educational interpreters and lecturers they collaborate with Success should be celebrated! Recently the Language Centre’s Interpreting Service hosted a collaboration celebration with some of the lecturers who use interpreting…

Book chat with Susan L

1 June 2023

Book chat, Language and communication services, Recent news

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Susan Lotz. She is a language practitioner and content coordinator at the Language Centre. “Among other…

Book chat with Juanli T

3 March 2023

Book chat, Language and communication services, Recent news

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Juanli Theron, head of the Interpreting Service of the Language Centre. The Interpreting Service delivers real-time…

Mother language, heart language

20 February 2023

Language and communication services, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

Mother Language Day: A day dedicated to the language in which our very first thoughts were verbalised – that’s a world we can believe in. We’re so different, but this…

Guide for lecturers: Introduction to real-time online interpreting

7 February 2023

Language and communication services, Life is language, Multilingualism, Online language support, Our languages, Recent news

Calling all lecturers: This short video explains how you can easily use real-time online interpreting. Follow this step-by-step guide for an MS Teams set-up.

Book chat with Vicki F

2 December 2022

Academic and professional literacies, Book chat, Language and communication services, Recent news

Get to know us through the books we read! Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Vicki Fourie, an interpreter and the coordinator…

Why do translators translate?

29 September 2022

Language and communication services, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news

In celebration of International Translation Day on 30 September, we’ve approached a few of the translators with whom the Language Centre collaborates to share with us why they do the…

Book chat with Jackie vW

30 June 2022

Book chat, Language and communication services, Recent news

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Jackie van Wyk, an educational interpreter at the Language Centre’s Interpreting Service. “I studied languages at…