Civil Engineering English-Sesotho Lexicon Booklet

Abstract

In response to the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions, which seeks to promote multilingualism as a strategy to facilitate meaningful access and success in higher education institutions, the Centre for Innovation Learning and Teaching (CILT) initiated the Lexicon Development Project. This project aims to promote and strengthen the use of SeSotho language to facilitate student understanding of complex scientific concepts. In this way, the project enables access to knowledge within the disciplines through the use of indigenous African languages. CILT in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology held workshops to discuss the development of a discipline specific lexicon booklet. These engagements resulted in the production of the English-Sesotho Civil Engineering lexicon booklet. The translation into Sesotho was authenticated and verified by the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). This lexicon booklet will be an invaluable resource as it would assist CUT lecturers and students to enhance their understanding and use of discipline specific terminologies in Sesotho.