<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-td-post-header gmail-td-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:980px;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:20px"><div class="gmail-td-post-header-holder gmail-td-image-gradient" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:300px;background-color:rgb(68,68,68);margin-bottom:36px;overflow:hidden"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:44px;margin:0px 0px 14px;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:500;line-height:54px">students and staff as part of new language policy</h1><div class="gmail-td-module-meta-info" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"open sans",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1;min-height:17px"><div class="gmail-td-post-author-name" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;color:rgb(255,255,255);float:left"><div class="gmail-td-author-by" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;margin-right:2px">By</div> <a href="https://www.htxt.co.za/author/nokulunga/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:700;margin-right:3px">Nokulunga Xala</a><div class="gmail-td-author-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline;margin-right:2px"> -</div></div><span class="gmail-td-post-date gmail-td-post-date-no-dot" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(255,255,255);display:inline-block;margin-left:4px;float:left">MAY 24, 2019</span></div></div></div><div class="gmail-td-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:980px;margin-right:auto;margin-left:auto;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:20px"><div class="gmail-td-pb-row" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span8 gmail-td-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:680px;min-height:1px;float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px"><div class="gmail-td-ss-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-td-post-sharing gmail-td-post-sharing-top" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"open sans",arial,sans-serif;margin-bottom:21px"><div class="gmail-td-default-sharing" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.htxt.co.za%2F2019%2F05%2F24%2Fuct-offers-isixhosa-course-for-students-and-staff-as-part-of-new-language-policy%2F" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(81,110,171);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:10px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;font-size:14px"></i><div class="gmail-td-social-but-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:16px;padding-left:10px;margin-left:12px;border-left:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1)">Share on Facebook</div></a> <a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=UCT+offers+isiXhosa+course+for+students+and+staff+as+part+of+new+language+policy&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.htxt.co.za%2F2019%2F05%2F24%2Fuct-offers-isixhosa-course-for-students-and-staff-as-part-of-new-language-policy%2F&via=%40htxtafrica" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(41,197,246);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:10px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;font-size:12px"></i><div class="gmail-td-social-but-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;line-height:16px;padding-left:10px;margin-left:12px;border-left:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.2)">Tweet on Twitter</div></a> <a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-google" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.htxt.co.za/2019/05/24/uct-offers-isixhosa-course-for-students-and-staff-as-part-of-new-language-policy/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(235,64,38);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:10px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;width:40px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-googleplus" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:22px;display:inline-block;font-size:16px"></i></a> <a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-buttons gmail-td-social-pinterest" href="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.htxt.co.za/2019/05/24/uct-offers-isixhosa-course-for-students-and-staff-as-part-of-new-language-policy/&media=https://www.htxt.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SABC-News-UCT-Logo.jpg&description=UCT+offers+isiXhosa+course+for+students+and+staff+as+part+of+new+language+policy" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(202,33,42);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;font-size:11px;border-radius:2px;padding:10px 13px 8px;margin-right:0px;height:40px;min-width:40px;text-align:center;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><i class="gmail-td-icon-pinterest" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;font-size:13px"></i></a></div></div><div class="gmail-td-post-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;color:rgb(122,122,122);margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:16px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Following the government identifying the need to promote other languages at higher education facilities, and as part of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) new language policy, the institution will now offer an isiXhosa short course to staff and students for free.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">According to <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/uct-offering-staff-students-free-isixhosa-course-23869189" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(77,178,236);text-decoration-line:none">IOL News</a>, an Afrikaans short course was also introduced to the campus community for the first time this year.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">“Our language policy is clear, we want students to be well-rounded, to fit into the societies they will be part of after university. In the world right now there are over 6 000 languages spoken, and a third of those languages are spoken on this continent,” said UCT multilingualism education project coordinator, Professor Mbulungeni Madiba.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">Furthermore Madiba said that isiXhosa was selected as the university’s language of choice and the institution was committed to providing students and staff with additional learning opportunities in the language since 2006.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">According to the Professor, research indicates that many of the world’s languages are in danger of extinction.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:30px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px">“At Least one language dies every week, and when a language dies, cultures, traditions and philosophies go with it. it for this reason that the need to preserve all languages has increased dramatically,” concluded Madiba.</p>[Source – <a href="https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/uct-offering-staff-students-free-isixhosa-course-23869189" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(77,178,236);text-decoration-line:none">IOL News</a>] [Image – <a href="http://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SABC-News-UCT-Logo.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(77,178,236);text-decoration-line:none">SABC News</a>]</div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div></div>