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Sadilar Preserves Nearly Five Decades Of South African Language Teaching Scholarship Through Digitisation Initiative
South African Centre for Digital Language ResourcesRef: PRE-2001
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Collected on 28 July 2026
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What this means
This is a news/media statement from the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) announcing a digitisation initiative for the Journal for Language Teaching (Tydskrif vir Taalonderrig). SADiLaR funded the digitisation of the journal’s printed editions published between 1977 and 2000, after it was found that pre-2001 editions had not been digitised. The statement explains that the first phase digitised available editions using copies supplied by the University of the Free State, and that remaining volumes were found in early 2026 to start the second phase. It says the completed digitised archive will improve access and enable indexing and online hosting of the complete journal archive.
Facts
Places
Free State
Reference
PRE-2001
Key Takeaways
- Organisation: South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR)
- Subject: digitisation of Journal for Language Teaching (Tydskrif vir Taalonderrig)
- Coverage years digitised: 1977 to 2000 (printed editions)
- Announcement date: 27 July 2026
- Project phases: first phase digitised available editions; second phase began after missing volumes were found in early 2026
- Source copies for first phase: University of the Free State
- Collaborators mentioned: Journal for Language Teaching, SAALT, Sabinet, SADiLaR
- Planned outcomes: indexing and online hosting of the complete archive; improved access for researchers and educators
- South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR)
- Journal for Language Teaching (Tydskrif vir Taalonderrig)
- South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT)
- Sabinet
- University of the Free State
- Tshego Rapoo-Maloyi
Dates
Closing Date
27 July 2026