Akademia et al. se eerste kursus “Inleiding tot forensiese linguistiek” skop eersdaags af
Akademia et al. se heel eerste kortkursus, Inleiding tot forensiese linguistiek, skop af op 1 November 2022. Hierdie kortkursus het ten doel om voornemende en huidige regslui in die aard van forensiese linguistiek in te lei. Die kursus bied die geleentheid om kennis op te doen oor die enorme rol wat taal speel in elke aspek van die regspleging. Die kursus sal via aanlyn sessies aangebied word in beide Afrikaans en Engels en ʼn sertifikaat van voltooiing word aan die kursusganger uitgereik.
Forensiese linguistiek is die toepassing van wetenskaplike kennis van taal in die konteks van strafregtelike en siviele wetgewing. “Taal speel ʼn enorme rol in elke aspek van die regspleging. In ʼn meertalige land soos Suid-Afrika waar Engels die lingua franca is, maar die meerderheid van die landsburgers nie die vaardigheid het om Engels op ʼn voldoende vlak te gebruik nie, word toegang tot geregtigheid belemmer,” sê dr. Annelise de Vries, dosent in Afrikaans by Akademia en kursusleier van die Inleiding tot forensiese linguistiek-kortkursus.
Die kursus is ideaal vir regstudente vanaf NKR 6-vlak, regspraktisyns, kriminoloë, wetstoepassers, joernaliste, taalpraktisyns, taalkundiges, sielkundiges en gedragsontleders. Enige iemand met ʼn Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat (NSS) en ʼn passie vir forensiese linguistiek is egter welkom om vir die kursus te registreer.
Die kursus strek oor ses weke, wat ʼn oriënteringsweek insluit. Die vyf leereenhede behels selfgerigte leer en twee ure per week se aanlyn kontaksessies:
- Oriënteringsweek – 1-5 November
- Eenheid 1: Inleidend en deskundige getuienis – 7-11 November
- Eenheid 2: Linguistiese bewysstukke en ondersoekende linguistiek (Deel 1) – 14-18 November
- Eenheid 3: Linguistiese bewysstukke en ondersoekende linguistiek (Deel 2) – 21-25 November
- Eenheid 4: Taalgebruik in geregtelike prosesse – 28 November-2 Desember
- Eenheid 5: Taalminderhede en die regstelsel – 5-9 Desember
Die Inleiding tot forensiese linguistiek-kursus het vier kundige kursusaanbieders. Die eerste is De Vries wat ʼn doktorsgraad in Toegepaste Linguistiek, ʼn meesters- en honneursgraad in Afrikaans en Nederlands, ʼn BA-graad in Kommunikasiestudies en ʼn BA-graad in Pastorale Begeleiding en Psigologie agter haar naam het. Dr. Zakeera Docrat, ook ʼn aanbieder van hierdie kursus, is ʼn forensiese en regslinguis, skrywer en navorser. Dr. Karien van der Berg is ʼn senior lektor verbonde aan die Noordwes-Universiteit, Potchefstroomkampus terwyl Karien Brits, ʼn voltydse taalpraktisyn van Akademia en ʼn deeltydse dosent in Sepedi as Gesprekstaal is.
Die koste van hierdie kursus beloop R7 500 wat al die sessies insluit. Besoek gerus Akademia et al. se webblad vir meer inligting oor hierdie kortkursus.
Akademia et al.’s first course “Introduction to forensic linguistics” kicks off soon
Akademia et al.’s first short course, Introduction to forensic linguistics, kicks off on 1 November 2022. The aim of this short course is to introduce prospective and current legal practitioners to the nature of forensic linguistics. The course offers the opportunity to gain knowledge about the enormous role that language plays in every aspect of the administration of justice. The course will be presented via online sessions in both Afrikaans and English and a certificate of completion will be issued to the course attendant.
Forensic linguistics is the application of scientific knowledge of language in the context of criminal and civil law. “Language plays an enormous role in every aspect of the administration of justice. In a multilingual country such as South Africa where English is the lingua franca, but the majority of the citizens do not have the skills to use English at a sufficient level, access to justice is obstructed,” said Dr Annelise de Vries, lecturer in Afrikaans at Akademia and course leader of the short course, Introduction to forensic linguistics.
The course is ideal for law students from NQF 6 level upwards, legal practitioners, criminologists, police officers, journalists, language practitioners, linguists, psychologists and behaviour analysts. However, anyone with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) and passion for forensic linguistics is welcome to register for the course.
The course will run over a period of six weeks, including one orientation week. The five learning units entail self-directed learning and online contact sessions of two hours per week:
- Orientation week – 1-5 November
- Unit 1: Introductory and expert testimony – 7-11 November
- Unit 2: Linguistic evidence and investigative linguistics (part 1) – 14-18 November
- Unit 3: Linguistic evidence and investigative linguistics (part 2) – 21-25 November
- Unit 4: Language use in the legal processes – 28 November-2 December
- Unit 5: Language minorities and the legal system – 5-9 December
The course Introduction to forensic linguistics has four expert course presenters. The first is De Vries who has a doctoral degree in Applied Linguistics, a master’s and honours degree in Afrikaans and Dutch, a BA degree in Communication Studies and a BA degree in Pastoral Counselling and Psychology. Dr Zakeera Docrat, also a presenter of this course, is a forensic and legal linguist, author and researcher. Dr Karien van den Berg is a senior lecturer at the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, and Karien Brits is a fulltime language practitioner of Akademia and a parttime lecturer in Sepedi as Conversational Language.
The cost of this course amounts to R7 500 that includes all the sessions. Visit Akademia et al.’s web page for more information about this short course.
