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In celebrating our tenth anniversary we decided to make the last 2012 edition of Dialogos extra special. Read about the growth of the Language Centre over that past ten years and about our dreams for the future. There are even some special birthday messages from friends of the Centre.
Hartlik geluk met tiende verjaarsdag, Taalsentrum!
Ludolph Botha, senior direkteur van Studente- en Akademiese Steun aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch wens die Taalsentrum geluk met hulle suksesse van die afgelope tien jaar. Lees meer oor hoe die Sentrum waarde toevoeg in die Universiteitsomgewing.
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Gelukwense van oorsee
Prof Carel Jansen, buitengewone professor uit Nederland, wens die Taalsentrum geluk met hulle tiende verjaarsdag.
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Addressing our Nightmare
The linguistic realities in South African universities underlie a number of problems in teaching and learning: personal development; psychological security; social formation; cultural identity; economic potential; professional effectiveness.
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Fun with language in ‘Amazine Race’
In a race that took them across campus, fifty students competed for the prize money of R2000 – Read about their language adventure as they deciphered clues to get them to their next destination.
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“Monolingualism is an illness, but it can be cured!”
In a provocative and highly informative seminar Proff Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson touched on issues such as the ineffectiveness of African language policies, the linguistic ‘genocidal’ effects of hegemony of English, and the notion of ‘linguicism’.
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To change or not to change?
Expert translator and reviser Brian Mossop came all the way from Canada to share some of his experience and knowledge with local language practitioners. He discussed the difference between self-revision and other-revision and how to decide whether corrections to a draft translation are needed.
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A small team with big ambitions
From a small generic workshop programme to large corporate clients – our services range from teaching professional communication on campus to applying our expertise in the corporate world. Read more about the Unit for Document Design.
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A home for the Writing Lab!
We could have used this article to boast about our astonishing statistics, but we decided a spot of nostalgia would be more in order, as we find ourselves celebrating two years of tenth anniversaries in a row – the Writing Lab’s in 2011 and the Language Centre’s this year.
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Van niets tot iets
Vandag spog die Taaldiens met twee projekkoördineerders, vier taalpraktisyns, ʼn kantoorbestuurder, ’n algemene assistent en ʼn hoof, maar dié eenheid het nie altyd hul eie gebou in Skuilhoek volgesit nie. Lees verder oor die wonderlike groei wat die Taaldiens in die afgelope 10 jaar beleef het.
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Toegespits op Taal
Die Eenheid vir Afrikaans en Engels hou hulle nie net besig met Afrikaanse en Engelse taalontwikkeling nie, maar is ook bedrywig op die gebied van akademiese geletterdheid, navorsing en gemeenskapsdiens.
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Revelling in writing: Birthdays and marathons
A particular challenge for all writers is finding time to write while juggling family, work and other commitments.Read more about our writing marathon and how you can take part.
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Promoting African Languages
Pumlani Sibula, the Unit head, was invited to teach Xhosa in Chicago, USA, in 2009 and returned with a group of American students who offered their services to the surrounding communities.
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