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
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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:

​The UK's Association for Language Learning is putting together advice for language teachers related to ways of teaching a language safely in the context of COVID-19.  The actual practice of language teaching usually involves significant pair and group work with lots of talking/singing etc.

 
On Wednesday 30 July, the South African Association for Language Teachers had their Annual General Meeting, held, in our present circumstances, in the form of a virtual Zoom meeting. In many respects, it confirmed our stability as an association, and the great potential there is for further growth.

In a beautiful booklet which can be downloaded at the end of this post. there is a biography of the beloved Prof. Johannes Lenake by Prof Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy, a close friend and colleague (UPSET, NWU). Spanning more than eleven pages, messages from colleagues and collaborators bear testimony to the enormous impact he had on people's lives, and to the love and respect for this remarkable man.  During his career he wrote 16 school books in Southern Sotho, 14 academic handbooks for Southern Sotho, and a substantial offering of Afrikaans and English material used in schools. But this is just part of who he was. Prof. Coetzee-Van Rooy tells of anecdotes during the apartheid era and concludes:

During its 2016 Conference, SAALT bestowed a lifetime award on Prof. Lenake for his contribution to language teaching in South Africa. 

The Journal for Language Teaching provides a quality outlet of language teaching research that adds value to this field that is unique. This is an important role in light of the relationship between language and academic success in South Africa, says the editor, Prof. Tobie van Dyk, as quoted in a report from the Academy of Science of South Africa. This year the Journal was subjected to independent scrutiny  by the Committee on Scholarly Publishing in South Africa. 

With the COVID-19 pandemic globally schooling now occurs at home.
 
As parents and caregivers we are now the custodians of our children’s learning and we are partnering with teachers to support children to learn to think about content.
 
But how can we be useful to guide our children to learn?