Background

The vision of the Centre for African Language Teaching (CALT) is to work together with stakeholders in Education and in the communities served by North-West University (NWU) towards reaching dependable pedagogical solutions for the teaching of literacy (in Setswana). One of the goals that CALT has set for itself is to engage and promote knowledge production and sharing of the teaching and learning African Languages in both Basic and Higher Education. One strategy for this goal is training and engaged scholarship in literacy in Basic and Higher Education.

Vision

Working together with stakeholders in Education and in the communities we serve towards reaching dependable pedagogical solutions for the teaching of literacy and reading in Setswana

Aims of the Centre

The establishment of a centre at the NWU with a special focus on strengthening   literacy teaching and learning of Setswana

The support of Honours, Master’s and PhD programmes to build capacity among B.Ed teacher educators responsible for teaching reading in Setswana

Support in the training of competent teacher educators who will adequately prepare students for the teaching of reading in Setswana

Proposed Research FOCI of the CALT

Development of authentic reading material in Setswana

Generation of assessments in Setswana

 Sharing the reading material on Open Educational Resources

Short Learning Programme on teaching reading in the Foundation Phase

Short Learning Programme on teaching reading in teacher training

Online training on effective reading strategies