Abstract

After a brief overview of the historical bilingual and parallel-medium language policies of universities in South Africa, this article highlights the limited implementation of the Language Policy for Higher Education in South Africa (2002), the resulting linguistic challenges faced by students in university classrooms, and the coping mechanisms they have developed. Thereafter, it reflects on successful formalised national and international practices before arguing the case for the inclusion of similar language practices in the curricula of South African universities in general and of Nelson Mandela University in particular.

中文翻译：

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纳尔逊·曼德拉大学对语言转换的思考

摘要

在简要概述了南非大学的历史性双语和平行媒体语言政策后，本文着重介绍了南非高等教育语言政策（2002年）的有限实施，这是大学课堂上学生面临的语言挑战，以及他们开发的应对机制。此后，它对成功的正规的国家和国际惯例进行了反思，然后争论将类似的语言惯例纳入一般的南非大学课程，尤其是纳尔逊·曼德拉大学的课程。