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Bachelor of Education Honours in Language Education at Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Programme overview

The BEd Honours in Language Education deepens knowledge of language education in Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa and also focuses on multilingual education, creative writing and lexicography.

Faculty: Education  |  Department: Curriculum Studies  |  Duration: Two years  |  Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

The anchor module is Language Education 778 (120 credits). Compulsory modules: Language Policy and Multilingual Education, Educational Research, Language Teaching Research, Knowing, Acting and Being: Framing the Study of Education, and a Research Project (Language Education) (30 credits). Students choose one Group A curriculum studies elective (Afrikaans, English or isiXhosa) and two Group B electives from Teaching Creative Writing, Pedagogical Lexicography and Digital Pedagogy for Language Learning (not all offered every year). Only two-year students may offer two languages as curriculum studies modules.

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Entry requirements

Admission to the BEdHons requires one of: a relevant university degree plus a secondary education diploma or certificate (e.g. SED, HDE, PGCE, UED, LSED); a relevant university degree plus a primary education diploma (e.g. PES, PGDE, HPED); a relevant university degree plus an education qualification deemed adequate by Senate; a four-year integrated Education degree; a relevant combination of academic and professional studies deemed by Senate equivalent to a bachelor's degree where job experience warrants it (supplementary Education studies may be required); or a recognised four-year post-school qualification including a professional education qualification. Applicants need an average of at least 65% in the final year of relevant undergraduate study and access to a computer and the internet for SUNLearn, library resources, email and electronic assignment submission. Additional requirement: a high level of achievement (60% or more) in the final-year language modules of the undergraduate degree.

The application fee is R100 for South African citizens, permanent residents and refugee, asylum seeker and diplomatic status holders, and R400 for international applicants. Stellenbosch Business School applicants pay R1050 for the MBA and R850 for other SBS programmes. Some applicants are exempt; application fees are non-refundable.

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