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We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to one of our own, Master of Arts student Philasande Mfaba from the African Languages section of Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网’s School of Languages for his recent publication in isiXhosa.

The parade this sunny Saturday of the 18th of May 2019 has kicked off our annual International Week. If you were not part of this colorful parade that added an extra flavor of diversity to our campus, be sure not to miss out on the following events:

A Journalism Feature by Ella van Geuns on multilingualism at our university

ANNUAL MULTILINGUALISM COLLOQUIUM 2018

Interview on language and multilingualism in tutorial spaces.

Interview with Zakeera Docrat on her Woman of Science Award

A colloquium focusing on multilingual tutoring!

Let's talk about language and its vital role in teaching and learning

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Join our Facebook page where we can discuss all things multilingual

CALLING ALL MULTILINGUAL TUTORS!!!!

"READ and read and do more reading," renowned Xhosa writer Peter Tshobisa Mtuze said on Monday, when he was honoured by the Eastern Cape government for his lifetime’s work.

There is a growing call globally for universities to develop and nurture more black professors. In South Africa, the issue is sharpened by the country’s racist legacy.

Graduate of the Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Masters in Creative Arts course Mangaliso Buzani recently unveiled his anthology of poems titled Ndisabhala Imibongo (I still write poetry) at Eastern Star Museum.

Not much thought was given to future implications when South Africa declared there would be 11 official languages, Professor Adam Habib said on Monday.

African writers must embrace their own tongues lest we drown in an English-dominated world.

On 16 October every year, the world celebrates the birthday of Noah Webster, born in 1758, as International Dictionary Day.

Language is one of the pivotal tools to effect transformation at a university like Rhodes

Debating the extent to which South African higher educational institutions have and ought to adopt multilingualism into their curricula...

The Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Language Committee is engaged in a project to raise awareness on campus about multilingualism in Higher Education in South Africa.

Insects have different names not only in each of our 11 official languages, but within each of those languages depending on geographical location.

Apartheid used our languages to divide and rule. Today we want to use them to increase social cohesion and economic participation.

Dean of Humanities Prof Fred Hendricks presented a deeply personal tribute to the multi-linguist, Prof Neville Alexander at the opening of a colloquium on second language teaching recently.

Dean of Humanities Prof Fred Hendricks presented a deeply personal tribute to the multi-linguist, Prof Neville Alexander at the opening of a colloquium on second language teaching recently.

Political analyst and social commentator, Professor Somadoda Fikeni, will give a public lecture on the challenges of multilingualism in higher education tomorrow (15 May).

In August 2017, African Language Studies Section of the School of Languages and Literatures at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 reported that they were developing a new Honours module to ‘address the classism and language-based discrimination of our legal system’.

This prestigious event is held annually to celebrate the life and the works of Samuel Edward Krune Loliwe Ngxekengxeke (SEK) Mqhayi, who is regarded as the “father of Xhosa Poetry“.

The etymology of a word goes a long way in teaching us the history, the routes and the roots of a word as expressed at a joint Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 and Makhanda Black Kollective (MBK) community seminar entitled ‘Ukuhlambulula from an anti-humane world’ in Fingo Village, Makhanda.

Collaboration between students and supervisors is key, explained Professor Monwabisi Ralarala the Director of the Fundani Center for Higher Education, CPUT and Chairperson of the African Language Association of South Africa (ALASA), at a recent book launch at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网.