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South African Sign Language
Available on the Potchefstroom Campus Used by almost one million deaf and hearing South Africans, South African Sign Language (SASL) is the official language of the South African deaf community and has linguistic rules just like all other spoken languages do. This study programme is designed for people who would like to learn SASL…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/contact-us
Contact us
Physical Address: Indigenous Language Media in Africa (ILMA) ADC Building Rooms 211 & 208 Mahikeng Campus Contact Number: +27 (0)18 389 2369 +27 (0)18 389 2238 Email: Kgomotso.bosilong@nwu.ac.za abiodun.salawu@nwu.ac.zahttps://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/subprogrammes
Subprogrammes
[accordion collapsed] African Language Journalism The nature, content and language use of African-language journalism form part of the focus of this subprogramme. Journalism practice in African-language media is also studied to understand the peculiarities, challenges and prospects for improvement. African-language journalism…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/postgraduate-studies
Postgraduate Studies
The entity accepts students who want to work towards obtaining an honours, master’s or PhD degree, with their research focused on any aspect of the entity’s subprogrammes. They can be registered in any relevant department of the institution, but their supervisors must be members of the research entity.https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/ilma/research-projects
Research projects
We currently have two book projects: African Language Media: Development, Economics and Management and Indigenous African Popular Music: The Arts and Its Applications. An international conference on Social Media, Fake News and Hate Speech, which should have been held on 1 and 2 July, 2020 was rescheduled to 2021 at dates yet to…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/sesotho
Sesotho
Available on the Vanderbijlpark Campus Sesotho, or Southern Sotho, is a Bantu language that originated in the Bantu-Nguni era, with dialects originating from Sotho, Pedi and Tswana, but these are all considered to be separate languages. Sesotho is primarily spoken by the Basotho in Lesotho. The Basotho made their way down south as…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/academic-literacy
Academic Literacy
Available on the Mahikeng, Potchefstroom and Vanderbijlpark Campuses Academic literacy refers to the ability to successfully navigate, understand, interpret, and produce texts in the academic environment. Regardless of your field of study, you will be required to read and comprehend academic texts and to display your understanding by…https://humanities.nwu.ac.za/languages/practice