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University of Limpopo’s Drive to Translate Books for Sepedi Children
Limpopo University staff and students have begun to work towards increasing the literacy of indigenous languages through their BA in Contemporary English and Multilingual Studies degree (BA CEMS). BA CEMS is South Africa’s first and only dual-medium degree in which an African language, Sepedi, is used as a medium of instruction and assessment with English. Students and staff involved in the program have now begun to translate children’s story books from English to Sepedi.
“Apartheid is not over in South Africa,” says Finkie Molope, a recent graduate of Limpopo University’s BA in Contemporary English and Multilingual Studies BA CEMS. “We still have schools where English and Afrikaans are the only languages taught even though black students dominate.”
“Many pupils in high school can’t read or write their mother tongues, which results in a loss of identity,” Molope says. She chose the degree to preserve her language and “to prove that you can be just as competent learning in your mother tongue”.
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