We are pleased to announce that the latest Journal for Language Teaching, Volume 55, No. 1, is now available on the African Journals Online platform. 
​The JLT is peer-reviewed and accredited by the Department of Higher Education. ​Contact your university library to obtain a copy of any article of interest.

• Scaffolding of Wikipedia translation for technology-enhanced language learning
  Aletta Mweneni Hautemo, Michele van der Merwe
  13-35
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.1

• Teachers’ Knowledge and Practices in Using Digital Literacy in Enhancing Communicative Competence in the English as a Second Language Class
  Folakemi O. Adeniyi-Egbeola, Kelechi J. Achike, Yekeen Bello
  37-55
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.2

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• Evolving trends of distance learning for basic education in Namibia: A parental perspective during Covid-19 lockdown
  Annaly M. Strauss, Keshni Bipath
  57-75
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.3

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• Translanguaging: A tool to decolonise students’ experiences of learning to write for academic purposes in the South African university context
  Sandiso Ngcobo, Katie Bryant, Hloniphani Ndebele
  77-99
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.4

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• How English teachers’ corrective feedback practices can promote second language acquisition in Intermediate Phase classrooms in South Africa: A case study
  Jasmiene Manuel, Kotie Kaiser, Bernadette Geduld
  101-131
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.5

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• Minority Languages’ exclusion in the Lesotho School Curriculum: Perceptions of Teachers and Learners
  Maboleba Kolobe, Lifelile Matsoso
  133-149
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.6

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• Addressing the challenge of over-crowdedness in English First Additional Language (EFAL) classrooms
  Sekanse Abiner Ntsala, Mamosebatho Julia Ramabenyane, Mariette Koen, Irma Loock
  151-173
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.7

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• Pre-service teachers’ attitudes and ethnocentrism regarding language-in-education issues
  Joyce West
  175-201
  DOI: 10.4314/jlt.v55i1.8

The new deadline is: November 15, 2021. 

Below a transcript of the letter to our Chair from the President of FIPLV:

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
 
I hope that this message finds all of you well.
 
In view of the continuing uncertainly related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties all of us still have to face, we have decided to extend the deadline for the submission of abstracts for the FIPLV Congress that will take place in Warsaw on June 27-29, 2022 in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the Polish Association of Modern Languages.
 
The new deadline is November 15, 2021. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by December 15, 2021. Please send your abstracts to: kongressfiplv2022@wn.uw.edu.pl
 
The second call for papers with detailed information about the fees, registration, travel and accommodation will be circulated by the end of October, 2021.
 
Best regards,
 
Mirosław Pawlak
President of FIPLV

The grantholders of the above project invite applications from suitably qualified doctorate graduates for a postdoctoral fellowship based at Stellenbosch University. The fellowship is available for one (1) year (with a possibility to extend for another year; to be confirmed) and only to one individual who has obtained their doctorate degree within the past five (5) years and whose doctoral research was directly related to childhood speech, language and/or gesture development in one of the following disciplines: (applied) linguistics, speech language therapy, African languages, another language-related discipline, or developmental psychology.

Please refer to the PDF for full details. 

​Please refer to 
http://upnet.up.ac.za/services/it/documentation/docs/004167.pdf
for full details.

The Centre for Teaching and Learning of the University of the Free State is awaiting applications for the position of 

Director: Academy for Multilingualism (post level 5 - contract appointment: 5 years, with the possibility of reappointment for a further term).
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​Please find full details in the PDF file below. 

The latest issue of our Journal has just been published under the new editorship of Dr Kabelo Sebolai, Deputy Director of the Language Centre at Stellenbosch University.  Here is the list of articles:

Students’ motivation for studying isiZulu first language modules at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
N.S. Zulu, Hloniphani Ndebele

Linguistic challenges faced by Grade 7 Setswana learners when writing Science examinations in English
Connie Makgabo, Penelope M. Modise
35-51

Vocabulary learning strategies of South African English First Additional Language learners
Kufakunesu Zano, Nkidi Caroline Phatudi


Investigating reading comprehension strategies used by teachers during English First Additional Language reading instruction
Tilla Olifant, Madoda Cekiso, Naomi Boakye, Nophawu Madikiza


Promoting critical-analytic thinking through teacher discourse moves and pedagogical principles: The case of a rural South African secondary school
Sheila Tshegofatso Sefhedi, Margaret Funke Omidire, Liesel Ebersöhn, P. Karen Murphy

The effects of language and communication training on nursing students’ self-perceived communicative competence
Marilize Pretorius

Akademiese taalvermoë en nagraadse studie – ’n gevallestudie
Tobie van Dyk, Henk Louw, Marlies Taljard, Elsa Meihuizen


Access can be obtained through your university library or AJOL (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jlt).

Letter to our Chair from IATEFL, one of our international organisations: 

Hello Rinelle

We are delighted to send you our latest update containing a wealth of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) webinars and online events for you to enjoy! 

To access the recordings of these webinars as well as a whole host of other benefits, please consider joining IATEFL as a member. We'd love to welcome you into the IATEFL family and support you on your ELT journey. 
To contact the IATEFL Head Office team, please visit our website.

With best wishes
IATEFL Head Office
info@iatefl.org

Events can be found here: https://www.iatefl.org/events
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ASSAf has engaged with scientists and other stakeholders around developing a Code of Conduct for Research (Popia Code) to ensure certainty, transparency, and clarity in the processing of personal information for research purposes.  They are now inviting the scientific community to give their input.

Deadline:  12 February 2021.
​​Find the full document below: