ANNUAL REPORT 2004/2005

ANNUAL REPORT 2004/2005• Provincial Language

Committees (PLCs)• National Language

Boards (NLBs)• National

Lexigography Units (NLUs)

PLCs

Promotion and ensuring the use of languages in the

provinces.(Multilingualism)

• PLCs established in all 9 provinces.

• PanSALB Provincial Managers appointed (1 per province).

• PanSALB offices established in all provinces.

PLCs - FOCUS AREAS

• STATUS LANGUAGE PLANNING• LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION• TRANSLATION & INTERPRETING• LINGUISTIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND

ADVOCACY• COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING

STATUS LANGUAGE PLANNING

•EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE POLICIES

•PANSALB LANGUAGE RIGHTS HEARINGS

•PROJECTS

LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION

•PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT (SGBs)

•MOTHER TONGUE READING COMPETITION

•CREATIVE WRITING

•CAREER GUIDANCE

•RESEARCH PROJECTS

•TECHNICAL COMMITTEES (NLBs)

TRANSALTION &

INTERPRETING

•KHOEKHOEGOWAB/AFRIKAANS DICTIONARY

•INTERNATIONAL TRANSLATION DAY

•ABSA ATM’s, RESERVE BANK etc.

•STUDENT INTERNSHIP (TUT)

•TILE STANDARDS GENERATING BODY

LINGUISTIC HUMAN RIGHTSAND ADVOCACY

•INVESTIGATIONS: LANGUAGE RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

•COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER (DEPT. OF LABOUR)

•LANGUAGE RIGHTS MONITOR

•AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

COMMUNICATION & MARKETING

•EXHIBITIONS: SALGA, AU MAGAZINE LAUNCH, SAWID, CRL COMMISSION, SALA CONFERENCE… etc

•NEWSLETTERS

•NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

•ADVERTS AND PROMOTIONS

•MULTILINGUALISM AWARDS

•ASSISTED: ROADSHOWS, OLYMPIADS & INTERNATIONAL MOTHER TONGUE DAY CELEBRATIONS

NLBs

DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF SPECIFIC

LANGUAGES

(13) NATIONAL LANGUAGE BODIES

KHOE AND SAN NLB (KSNLB)• New NLB members/additional languages• Capacity building – Technical Committees• Projects: !Xam

Koranna• n/u Language Project

SOUTH AFRICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (SASL)

•CAPACITY BUILDING: TECHNICAL COMMITTEES, TERMINOLOGY, LEXICOGRAPHY RESEARCH

•PARENTS AND LEARNERS WORKSHOP

•TRAINING: SASL INSTRUCTORS

NLBs – 11 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES•STANDARDISATION, SPELLING RULES AND ORTHOGRAPHIES

•TERMINOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

•DEVELOPMENT OF LITERATURE AND MEDIA

•RESEARCH STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

•LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION (CURRICULUM)

•SPECIAL PROJECTS

- ABSA

- MICROSOFT (NW)

- AFRILINGO

NLUs(1 FOR EACH OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)

RECORD AND DEVELOP LANGUAGES THROUGH

LEXIGOGRAPHY PRODUCTS

11 NLUs

• CAPACITY BUILDING: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEXICOGRAPHY, COMPUTER LITERACY, ACCESS OF INFORMATION AND COPYRIGHT

• NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS (SECT. 21 COMPANIES)

• FINANCIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS• ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS• PRODUCTION OF DICTIONARIES

- MONOLINGUAL COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARIES

- BI/MULTILINGUAL DICTIONARIES