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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: 

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Language Practice 
SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE
100835  Bachelor of Arts Honours in Language Practice 
ORIGINATOR
North West University 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education  HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework 
QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD
Honours Degree  Field 04 - Communication Studies and Language  Language 
ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS
Undefined  136  Not Applicable  NQF Level 08  Regular-Provider-ELOAC 
REGISTRATION STATUS SAQA DECISION NUMBER REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE
Registered-data under construction  EXCO 0324/24  2024-07-01  2027-06-30 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2028-06-30   2031-06-30  

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PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION 
Purpose:
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) Honours in Language Practice qualification is to enable students to acquire a sophisticated, diverse and progressive range of professional language-practice skills coupled with an advanced theoretical foundation to enable them to not only successfully participate in the professional language industry, but also to critically reflect on the discipline and its role in society in a process of lifelong learning. The programme aims to deliver students who are able to contribute to the facilitation of communication and the development of multilingualism and literacy in their communities and in the broader South African society, with particular emphasis on innovation and ethics in the language professions.

Rationale:
This Bachelor of Arts Honours (BAHons) Language Practice qualification is intended to educate learners in the theory and practice of Language Practice and thus to become a relevant role player and practitioner in the South African society. Graduates would be able to play an important role in solving problems in Language Practice. This qualification is intended to assist relevant role players, such as potential employers, current students and their parents, to understand the criteria determining job possibilities in the world of the languages and humanities, more specifically, in Language Practice. The term 'generic' is used to indicate that the basic minimum of the outcomes as well as their associated assessment criteria has been identified. In keeping with the points of departure of the generic degrees project, the standards have been developed abstractly. The standard is not bound by discipline specific knowledge, but rather by consensus on the depth and complexity of learning and competencies to be acquired by learners in such programmes of study. This has the implication that a student could build a learning programme at the appropriate level by using a wide variety of disciplines leading to the desired outcomes. In the construction of a specific study programme provision should be made for depth and that the level descriptors should be kept in mind very closely so as to allow a student to proceed to more complex post-graduate work. This generic qualification standard proposes a minimum standard for the Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in languages and the Humanities consisting of at least 128 Credits within the 'general track' of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
The North-West University accepts the principle underlying outcomes oriented, source-based and lifelong learning in which considerations of articulation and mobility play a meaningful role. The University also underwrites the view that recognition of previous learning, obtained either by formal teaching programmes at this or another institution, or informally (obtained by experience), is an indispensable element in granting admission or credits with the aim of placing in a specifically chosen teaching-learning programme of the University. In recognising previous learning, it deals with provable knowledge and learning that the applicant obtained by following formal teaching programmes or by experience. At all times the question will be what level of competence was reached, judged in the context of the exit level skills required for the contemplated teaching-learning programmes (or modules therein) or status for which the applicant is applying and not merely about the experience the applicant can prove. Recognition of previous learning takes place in terms of the relevant skills that the applicant demonstrated in the application with reference to the exit outcomes that should be reached in the chosen programme.

Entry Requirements:
Admission to the Honours study in Language Practice is incumbent on the student's passing Sesotho/English/Afrikaans/Communication studies on third level with 60% and a pass mark in a compulsory entrance examination. All students register for the following compulsory modules: LPRA671, LPRA679 and LPRA683, plus any three of the following modules: LPRA681, LPRA 682, LPRA684, LPRA 673, LPRA 674, LPRA 675 and LPRA676. The compilation of the students honours curriculum is in all cases subject to the final approval of the subject chairperson as well as the director of the School of Languages. 

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? 
Y 

QUALIFICATION RULES 
This qualification comprises compulsory and elective modules at Level 8.

Compulsory Modules:
  • Internship (LPRA683) 8 Credits.
  • Theory of Language Practice (LPRA671) 24 Credits.
  • Mini-Dissertation (LPRA679) 32 Credits.

    Elective Modules:
  • Sesotho (SSOL671) 24 Credits.
  • SA Postcolonial Literature in English (ENLL673) 24 Credits.
  • Academic Literacy (ENLG680) 24 Credits.
  • Language and Society (AFLG673) 24 Credits.
  • Text Study and Text Linguistics (AFLG674) 24 Credits.
  • Linguistic Theory (ENLG672) 24 Credits.
  • The Study of Language (ENLG673) 24 Credits.
  • Afrikaans Poetry: Poetry and Intertext (AFLL671) 24 Credits.
  • Linguistic Analysis and Corpus Linguistics (ENLG674) 24 Credits.
  • English Sociolinguistics (ENLG675) 24 Credits.
  • Afrikaans Narrative Texts (AFLL672) 24 Credits.
  • Twentieth-Century Literature in English (ENLL680) 24 Credits.
  • Applied Language Studies (ENLG679) 24 Credits.
  • Film Studies (LPRA676) 24 Credits.
  • Literary Translation (LPRA675) 24 Credits.
  • Sesotho (SSOL672) 24 Credits.
  • Applications in Language Pract: Translation (LPRA681) 24 Credits Sesotho (SSOL673) 24 Credits.
  • Suid-Sotho (SSOL674) 24 Credits.
  • Applications in Language Pract: Text Editing (LPRA682) 24 Credits Journalism and Publishing Practice (LPRA684) 24 Credits.
  • Language, Text and Context (LPRA673) 24 Credits.
  • Media Translation (subtitling) (LPRA674) 24 Credits.
  • Aspects of the Dutch Literature (AFLL674) 24 Credits. 
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    EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES 
    1. Demonstrate advanced scholarly and scientific knowledge and understanding of approaches to, as well as terms, concepts, facts, principles, rules and theories typical to Language Practice at advanced level.
    2. Identify, analyse, and solve problems akin to Language Practice in a critical and creative manner.
    3. Control, apply, analyse, and integrate knowledge independently, as well as evaluate it in a responsible and well-grounded manner.
    4. Understand the need for life-long learning.
    5. Demonstrate the ability to report on research and communicate it in writing and orally, with the use of appropriate Information Technology (IT), to an audience of peers.
    6. Critically evaluate ethics and practices akin to Language Practice.
    7. Articulate and communicate the value of being a competent and critical Language Practitioner within a vocational context as well as within a culturally-diverse South African and world population. 

    ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA 
    The following Associated Assessment Criteria will be assessed in an integrated manner across the Exit Level Outcomes.
  • Demonstrate a systematic and integrated knowledge and understanding of, and an ability to analyse, evaluate and apply the fundamental terms, concepts, facts, principles, rules and theories.
  • Apply appropriate discipline-related methods of scientific inquiry and independently validate, evaluate and manage sources of information.
  • Demonstrate critical reflection on, and understanding and application of, appropriate methods or practices to resolve complex discipline-related problems and thereby introduce change within related practice.
  • Demonstrate professional and ethical behaviour within an academic and discipline-related environment with sensitivity towards societal and cultural considerations.
  • Effectively communicate scientific understanding and own opinions/ideas in written or oral arguments, using appropriate discipline-related and academic discourse as well as technology.
  • Demonstrate effective functioning as a member and/or leader of a team or a group in scientific projects or investigations, with self-directed management of learning activities and responsibility for own learning progress.

    Integrated Assessment:
    Continuous formative assessment ensures feedback to learners on progress towards the achievement of specific learning outcomes. Summative assessment focuses on the Exit-Level Outcomes of the qualification and includes integrated assessments, among others a mini-dissertation, which assess the students' ability to integrate the larger body of knowledge, competencies and attitudes that are represented by the Exit-Level Outcomes, either as a whole or as components of the qualification. Integrated assignments focuses on assessing whether the purpose of the qualification as a whole has been achieved, either in to or in the component parts of the programme of study and on the demonstration of applied competence. It is essential that a wide range of knowledge, skills, competencies and attitudes be integrated using innovative methods - and in the assessment of outcomes due recognition should be given to criteria and methods of assessment that assess these appropriately and adequately. The students are further assessed through a written literature review and project reports, practical tests, oral presentations and final oral and written examinations. Assess the holistic knowledge and interpretative skills of the students. 
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    INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY 
    This Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in the Humanities and Languages Sciences qualification standard is comparable to similar qualifications from around the world with regard to outcomes and assessment criteria, the level of depth and complexity involved in the study process, and with due regard to notional learning time. To ensure international comparability, the Level Descriptors of Level 8 were benchmarked against the standards and norms contained in the qualifications frameworks developed for countries around the world. 

    ARTICULATION OPTIONS 
    This qualification allows for vertical and horizontal articulation.

    Vertical Articulation:
  • Master of Arts in Language Practice, Level 9. 
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    MODERATION OPTIONS 
    N/A 

    CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS 
    N/A 

    NOTES 
    N/A 

    LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: 
     
    NONE 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: 
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    1. North West University 


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