Breaking bad (news)
Recently I received a letter with some bad news: my job application was unsuccessful. And while reading this awful news, it struck me: it wasn’t so much what the letter…
Read More Trilingual terminology website launched
On Monday, 23 November 2015, the isiXhosa portfolio of the Stellenbosch University Language Centre launched its terminology website, with the terms presented in Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa. This site is…
Read More TEFL student Melissa da Costa shares her TEFL experience with us
This course is a demanding one, with of 120 hours of face to face classes and a further 80 hours of assignments and planning in a short four week time…
Read More Bloom’s Taxonomy comes to life
Oxford University Press has partnered with the Stellenbosch University Language Centre and A Blind Spot Productions to create a series of edutainment videos aimed at helping students excel at their…
Read More On your marks, get set, go: Keeping momentum in your writing
Writing a thesis is a lot like running a marathon. You’re in it for the long haul, cramps and all. You also have to practice often if you want to…
Read More English: A gateway to the world
EFL (English Foreign Language), ESP (English for Specific Purposes), IELTS (International English Language Testing System) – these are examples of the many common abbreviations one hears on the Stellenbosch University…
Read More Educational interpreting is growing at SU
On the 23 September Dagbreker insert of kykNET’s breakfast show Dagbreek, Juanli Theron, Project Coordinator: Interpreting, of the Language Centre talked about how educational interpreting is growing at Stellenbosch University.…
Read More Online tool, MoM SA turns into a dynamic, flexible teaching and learning tool
In a joint venture, Christine Fourie, a contract staff member at the Language Centre, and Kris Van de Poel from the University of Antwerp presented a paper, titled ‘Towards blended medical…
Read More Language Conference in Stellenbosch
The Language Centre played a big part in the organisation of the LSSA/SAALA/SAALT Conference that was held in Stellenbosch in early July. Please feel free to visit the conference website…
Read More Research on Google Translate
Click here for an article about research by the Language Centre on the quality of translations by Google Translate. The same texts were translated by Google Translate, a professional translator…
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