Media release
Stellenbosch University researchers and international partners develop global ‘Declaration on Multilingual Healthcare’
Patients who do not speak the same language as their healthcare providers are disadvantaged worldwide when it comes to accessing healthcare services and...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Building community through multilingualism at SU Teaching-Learning-Assessment Day
Multilingualism should be seen not merely as a policy requirement, but as a powerful tool for learning, participation and belonging in higher education.
This was...
Institutional news
Anneline: Using language to open worlds for young learners
For Stellenbosch University (SU) alumna Anneline Arries, language has always been more than a subject. It is a way to connect, to understand different cultures...
Impact
Marguerite van der Waal connects people through language
As Head of Language Services at the Stellenbosch University Language Centre, Marguerite van der Waal plays a vital role in advancing multilingualism...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Dazzling gala commemorates Afrikaans dictionary’s centenary and ties with SU
A century of work to document the Afrikaans vocabulary in all its rich diversity was recently celebrated on the campus of Stellenbosch University (SU)...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Lexicography on top at the US
A recent bibliometric study, published in the International Journal of Lexicography, offers an analysis of the lexicographic research landscape in the period...
Opinion and features
Multilingualism breaks down language barriers
Mother-tongue instruction and learner success, investment in African languages, the voices of young people in multilingual education, and English dominating the...
Media release
Dr Alfred Schaffer awarded prize for strengthening literary ties between South Africa and the Netherlands
Dr Alfred Schaffer, a senior lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch at Stellenbosch University (SU), has been awarded the prestigious Van Ewijk...
Engineering and technology
Prof Herman Kamper explores how humans and machines learn language
Prof Herman Kamper from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at Stellenbosch University delivered his inaugural...
Arts, languages and social sciences
Language Day reflects on multilingual mindset as the centre of student success
Multilingualism at Stellenbosch University (SU) has a rich and unique history, deeply rooted in the South African context. It is also central to the University...