Research - Stellenbosch University Language Centre

Words, technology and multilingualism: Reflections from AFRILEX 2026

28 July 2026

Life is language, Multilingualism, Recent news, Research

Stellenbosch colleagues at the conference (from left to right): Chantal Ellis of the Language Centre; Prof Dion Nkomo of the Department of African Languages and current AFRILEX president; Dr Alta…

A week in the world of lexicography

12 March 2026

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

What does it really take to create a dictionary? To many of us, dictionaries are simply there when we need them, sitting quietly on a shelf or just a quick search away online.

What has the Language Centre been up to from May to July 2025?

17 July 2025

Afrikaans courses, Articles in isiXhosa, Comms Lab, Courses, English courses, English portfolio, IsiXhosa courses, Language and communication services, Life is language, Multilingualism, Our languages, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

Each quarter, we submit content to be considered for the SU Management Report to Senate and Council. We thought we’d also share here what the Language Centre has been up…

English language specialist to visit the Intensive English portfolio next year

7 November 2022

Academic and professional literacies, English courses, Our languages, Recent news, Research

The Language Centre will be visited by an English language specialist from America in 2023! On Friday 28 October, two staff members from the Language Centre (LC), Dr Arné Binneman and…

Book chat with Selene D

3 March 2022

Book chat, Reading Lab, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Selene Delport, coordinator of writing skills workshops for postgrad students at the Writing Lab. Selene joined…

What’s happening on the research front at the Language Centre?

13 February 2022

Life is language, Recent news, Research

Here are some of our research interests at the Language Centre. Feel free to get in touch with our researchers to learn more about our latest research.

Book chat with Rose R

3 February 2022

Book chat, Reading Lab, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

Get to know us through the books we read! This month we chat to Rose Richards, head of the Writing Lab and the Language Centre’s Research portfolio. Rose says she…

Writing centres as decolonising spaces

18 November 2021

Academic and professional literacies, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

On 4 October, the head of the SU Writing Lab, Rose Richards, attended an online colloquium about decolonisation in South African writing centres. She shares her thoughts about the colloquium…

Writing lab honours retired co-founder

4 March 2020

Dialogos, Recent news, Research, Writing Lab

Sharifa Daniels, one of the founding staff members of the Writing Lab of the Language Centre, retired in 2018, after nearly 17 years of service to the writers on campus.…

Welcome to our interpreting world

27 November 2019

Dialogos, Our languages, Recent news, Research

An experiential interpreting workshop – that’s what the research team of the Language Centre’s Interpreting Service came up with this year for the University’s annual Scholarship of Teaching and Learning…