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BAQONDE Showcase of Best Practices

BAQONDE Showcase of Best Practices

The upcoming BAQONDE Showcase is a collection of short presentations by language practitioners from across South Africa. This online event will disseminate some examples of best practice in fostering the use of African languages in Higher Education…

Inter-institutional Network of ALDUs

Inter-institutional Network of ALDUs

In spite of the context of a global crisis derived from the Covid-19 pandemic and all its socio-economic consequences, an ALDU (African Language Development Unit) has been created in each of the four SA partner institutions in the BAQONDE project. The over-arching…

Staff development and Multilingualism

Staff development and Multilingualism

The team responsible for providing sessions to trainees on multilingual pedagogies at the various workshops hosted by the four partner universities were invited by the UKZN University Language Planning and Development Office / ALDU to deliver…

BAQONDE makes its appearance at CoPAL

BAQONDE makes its appearance at CoPAL

On November 11th, 2021, the Coordinator of the BAQONDE Project, Pedro Alvarez-Mosquera, participated in CoPAL’s (Community of Practice for the Teaching & Learning of African Languages) most recent meeting, organized by USAf (Universities South Africa), the representative body of the 26 public universities in the country.

Ceremony Launch Of isiZulu Literacy Record Level

Ceremony Launch Of isiZulu Literacy Record Level

Umcimbi wokwethulwa kwencwadi esihloko sithi: Ukuvamisa Imithetho Yokubhala Nobhalomagama LwesiZulu Lonyaka Wezi-2021, ubungomhla wama-23 kuNhlolanja enkundleni yokuxhumana i-Zoom.

Rhodes University celebrates International Mother Language Day

Rhodes University celebrates International Mother Language Day

Rhodes University, a member of BAQONDE, joined the world in celebrating the 21st anniversary of the International Mother Language Day webinar on 21 February 2021. This commemorative event, organized by African Language Studies Section…