Initially inspired by anime and manga, Wang enrolled in first-year Japanese. In the two years since, though, her path to fluency has been far from straightforward.

Prof. Linda du Plessis notes how the rise of multilingualism is embraced both by national and multinational organisations and how it is a powerful tool in a globalised society.

Sleep is critical for all sorts of reasons, but a team of international scientists has discovered a new incentive for getting eight hours of sleep every night: it helps the brain to store and learn a ...

A university student shares her struggle with language barriers in Afrikaans lectures, revealing challenges for students at ...

On the brink of our tenth year of existence and with the 100-year celebrations of Afrikaans being an official language this ...

Siya Kolisi shares a heartfelt moment with his son Nicholas, reflecting on Afrikaans challenges and celebrating his son's determination, resonating with parents ...

The shared-facility model separates physical infrastructure from institutional identity. Multiple fully fledged schools, each ...

Language learning is deeply personal—but some languages are, objectively, more accessible to native English speakers than others. Factors like shared roots, familiar grammar rules, a common writing ...

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Construction on the newest campus for the private Afrikaans higher education institution, Akademia, has officially started. The first phase of the construction started this week at the group’s site in ...