LITASA CONFERENCE OPENING ADDRESS – Catherine Kell, 2019 Conference Chair
Read the LITASA conference opening address by Professor Catherine Kell, LITASA 2019 Conference Chair and Director, School of Education at the University of Cape Town and she outlines the challenges faced in the field and welcomes delegates and visitors. Click here
LITASA 2019 highlights- photos
This year’s successful conference opened by Professor Catherine Kell, Director of the School of Education at UCT, provided inspiration, subjects for debate and a wealth of relevant research on Literacy Education, including digital literacy. See some photos below Friday 12 July Xolisa Guzula introduces UCT choir for Africa Saturday 13 July Sunday – 14 […]
bua-lit at LITASA this weekend (12- 14 July 2019)
Catch these presentations and workshops by bua-lit collective members at LITASA this weekend: Friday 12 July 2019 – 2hr Colloquium Title: Translanguaging and Translation in South African Classrooms Presenters: Pinky Makoe, Soraya Abdulatief, Xolisa Guzula, Robyn Tyler Time: 15h30 – 17h30 Venue: LT 1 Saturday: 13 July * Workshop: Presenter: Robyn Tyler Title: Writing in […]
African language research: Open letter to President Ramaphosa
In this open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa, teacher educators, academics and practitioners in education, literacy, African language development and related fields, voice their concerns regarding the limited role African language speakers have played (and continue to play) in education and language reform in South Africa. The letter draws attention to the fact that the […]
African language research and resources: Open letter to President Ramaphosa
A group of concerned teacher educators who work in universities and NGOs write to President Cyril Ramaphosa on the “ideological positioning of our education system which privileges the voices of white academics over and above black thinkers and academics”. Read the letter here
Welcome to our blog
Since launching the Bua-Lit website ( https://bua-lit.org.za ) in 2018, the need for a place to share ideas, reading material and discussion has grown and this blog was born.Our intentions are to introduce material we think readers can benefit from and to write commentary on material that needs to be challenged and discussed. We will […]
Understanding matric results: Part 1-3
PART 1: How language policy can improve student performance – By Carolyn McKinney and Xolisa Guzula Read it here PART 2: What do language and literacy have to do with Matric Science results? By Robyn Tyler and Soraya Abdulatief. Read it here PART 3: The way children are taught to read hampers their path […]
Bua-Lit Collective’s Open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa
The Bua-Lit Collective recently wrote an open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa and Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Read why the sudden transition to English in Grade 4 is a gross injustice for African-language speaking children and why it is time for the knowledge and experiences of the African language speaking child to be […]
‘My Shakespeare’ – orienting towards our learners
The energy which pulsates when a group of teachers get together to discuss and enact something they feel passionately about is infectious.This past weekend saw 50 English teachers, students, academics, activists and curriculum advisers gather at the Baxter Theatre for a workshop entitled ‘My Shakespeare’. Organised by WITS university English professor, Chris Thurman, the event was […]
Reimagining textbooks: Representativity, writers and teacher roles
In 2016, Minister Motshekga commissioned a task team to evaluate officially selected school textbooks, for ways in which diversity is represented. The task team analysed a large sample of textbooks in six subjects, evaluating representation across eight categories including race, gender, class, sexuality, religion and ability.Their report has recently been made public and it raises […]
