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?
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…
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English language specialist to visit the Intensive English portfolio next year
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…
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Book chat with Selene D
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…
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What’s happening on the research front at the Language Centre?
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
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…
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Writing centres as decolonising spaces
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…
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Writing lab honours retired co-founder
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.…
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Welcome to our interpreting world
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…
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Phakama for academic literacy
This year, lecturers from the Language Centre, Chemistry and Computer Skills launched a brand new and exciting collaboration project. They joined forces to give extra dimension to the Language Centre’s…
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