Two African languages, isiZulu and Northern Sotho, became the first to take part in a global language initiative at a launch event at the 2015 Reading Association of South Africa (RASA) and Pan-African Literacy for…
RASA 2015
Sparking the conversation on literacy: Q&A with Lieze Kotze
Lieze Kotze is Regional Director for Africa at Oxford University Press with responsibility for its publishing across the continent. We asked her to give her thoughts on the RASA / Pan-African Literacy Conference 2015 and…
Sparking the conversation on mother-tongue and bilingual learning in Africa
On Friday 4 September, Oxford University Press hosts a plenary panel discussion on the research by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning on mother tongue and bilingual education, as well as experiences from panelists working…
Igniting imagination: Reading & writing as pleasure & play
Teachers, children, parents, caregivers, librarians – anyone who loves stories! Join us for a free day of celebration of experiences, creativity and ideas about sparking imagination to engage in reading and writing as pleasure and…
A ground-breaking global language initiative
As the makers of the world-famous Oxford English Dictionary and a department of Oxford University, UK, Oxford University Press is already a world leader in the dissemination of English language materials, and publishes language resources in more…
Conference encourages imagination to improve literacy and learning
The 9th Pan-African Literacy for All and 10th Reading Association of South Africa (RASA) National Literacy Conference, sponsored by Oxford University Press, will be held at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town between the 2nd…