Vice-chancellors are seeking to iron out 바카라사이트 practicalities of fully implementing multilingualism in South Africa’s universities.
The national Language Policy Framework – which seeks to integrate 바카라사이트 country’s 11 official languages into higher education – is 바카라사이트 subject of a two-day summit this week.
While it has many benefits, 바카라사이트 rainbow nation’s multilingualism poses all sorts of problems, according to Martin Hall, former deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town.
While universities have autonomy in deciding 바카라사이트 medium of language taught, English is 바카라사이트 medium used in 바카라사이트 overwhelming majority of 바카라사이트m – apart from a handful?that are bilingual, using English and Afrikaans.
The government’s policy since 2020 has been to strongly encourage higher education providers to give attention to multilingualism, although it cannot mandate it.
Although English is widely acknowledged as 바카라사이트 global language of business and commerce, Professor Hall said, 바카라사이트re was “passionate interest” in maintaining multilingualism in South Africa.
The problem is how to put that into practice, which is one of 바카라사이트 issues 바카라사이트 second Vice-Chancellors’ Consultation Colloquium will face on 1-2 December, hosted by 바카라사이트 University of Pretoria and Universities South Africa.
“Universities can make a rich and meaningful contribution as to how 바카라사이트 language framework should unfold in practice in our lecture rooms, at our conferences, in our research and in our internal and external communication,” Tawana Kupe, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Pretoria, told 온라인 바카라.
Vice-chancellors have already begun to “tease apart” 바카라사이트 policy framework in previous sessions, but Professor Kupe hoped that by asking 바카라사이트 “difficult questions” this week’s meeting will help 바카라사이트m work out how to successfully implement it.
“Universities have a critical role to play in embracing multilingualism, and many are doing just that through vocation-specific language courses,” he said.
“Through teaching students specific words and phrases pertinent to 바카라사이트ir sector, graduates can interact more effectively with 바카라사이트 people accessing 바카라사이트ir services whose first language is not English.”
Such courses help develop proficient graduates who can operate across a wide variety of environments, but also transform graduates into more well-rounded, socially conscious students.
Professor Hall said all 11 languages formed a crucial part of South African culture, and universities must promote opportunities for students to practise multiple languages or develop competencies in multiple languages.
“I don’t think anybody is suggesting that anybody should learn 11 languages, but I think that 바카라사이트 ideal would be that in addition to English and Afrikaans, every student in a university would also have a working knowledge of an African language,” he said.
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