Nowadays, translation apps and other technologies are making international communication easier. So why should we learn a language when we can just use available technologies? 1- Learning a language for professional reasons No technology is available at the moment to assist you when you have to deal with international clients or suppliers over the phone....
After the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, the Language Teaching Centre decided to promote social distancing by transferring the in-person courses to online courses. After more than a year of operating online and offering distance learning, we realised that accessibility to language courses, even with the development of video conferencing such as Zoom, remains an issue for...
There are few places on this Earth as beautiful as Cape Town is. Amazing weather, amazing beaches, and an exquisite mountain hugging the ocean, what more could you want? And there’s more – while most countries have only one or perhaps two languages, Cape Town is home to a number of different languages, and...
On Wednesday evening, I sat with a German textbook open on my lap desperately trying to memorise all the rules of der, die and das. Sometimes it’s difficult to find patterns or meaning in a new language. But to persevere and struggle on when you learn a new language is oh so worth it at...
