Student Life

 

 

 

 

Announcements

 

Devoirs de vacances (FRN 178) 2008 - 2009

Please read all policy documents carefully. Ignorance is no excuse.

 

 

 

"Tout un poème"

Some of the FRN 278 students have excelled this term in one of their assignments: they were asked to write a poem in French by the lecturer Marietjie Fouché about "la Francophonie" and the importance of French. Seven students have impressed their lecturer so much, and also all of us in the French section, that we would like to make their "creative outputs" (pdf) available to all.

Bravo à Erika Lutz, Robert van der Westhuizen, Pierrine Leukes, Carla Kriek, Daniel Zmak, Elke Matthaei and Ciska Cokrell.

Vive la poésie ! Vive la Francophonie !

 

 

Class representatives - 2009

Do you have any questions / comments about your classes?

Ask your class representative!

List of Class Representatives (pdf) for 2009

 

 

Awards and Prizes

 

Embassy of France Merit Bursaries for 2008

The following students are the 2008 recipients of the Embassy of France merit bursaries covering part of their tuition fees for their respective French modules. Merit bursaries are awarded to undergraduate and post-graduate students who received top results at the end of 2007and who have decided to pursue their French studies.

The French section is grateful for the Embassy of France's continuous support and financial assistance ; it would also like to congratulate the 2008 recipients for their hard work and dedication.

 

Chippendale, Emma	FRN 278 (former FRN 188)
Cockrell, Ciska	FRN 278 (former FRN 178)
Morden, Lizl	FRN 278 (former FRN 178)
Muller, Christopher	FRN 278 (former FRN 178)
Schlunz, George	FRN 278 (former FRN 178)
Jooste, Anneli	FRN 318/348
Stander, Renée	FRN 318/348
Lombard, Jeanne	FRN 778
Mucina, Silvia	FRN 778

 

German Section: Presentation of book prizes for 2008

 

During a function attended by the German Consul Hansjörg Marquardt students who had achieved top position in their respective modules of German were each awarded a book prize donated by the German Consulate. The presentation took place on March 4th and honoured student achievement of 2008. For recipients and photographs of the event please visit the Student Events page.

 

 

Useful Links

French students - need online help with your French?

German students - try these useful links to help you with Literature and Language.

Mandarin students - visit these sites to broaden your knowledge of Chinese Chinese language and culture.

 

 

International Students

One of the international students at the department, Jörg Marquardt, wrote an article entitled Wie klingt Stellenbosch? Ein Soundcheck, about Stellenbosch for the travel magazine Kapstadt.com.

Here he is with a fellow international student:

Left: Wim Brits (from Antwerpen University) registered for German 389 right: Jörg Marquardt (Tübingen University) studied German Honours.

 

 

Post-graduate

German Postgraduate Seminars ("Graduiertenkolloquium").

These seminars take place once a month and allow postgraduate students to present their work to an audience comprising lecturers and their fellow students. During the remainder of this year, postgraduate students will present their work, which will then be analysed and discussed in the group.
The first seminar was, in fact, presented by Prof. Dr. Hess-Lüttich - a postgraduate workshop in early January. It is at the moment not foreseen that other lecturers will themselves present work at these seminars. The seminars are held each month on Wednesday; at 17:00 in Room 542 in the Modern Languages Department.
Anyone who is interested is invited to attend, and it is hoped that lecturers and students from UCT and UWC will not only attend but also present their research.

First Semester
Date	Name	Theme
23/24. January	Prof. Hess-Lüttich	Die Methoden der Linguistischen Poetik. Zu den wichtigsten 'LiLi'-Schulen des Strukturalismus"
27. February	Roland Schmiedel	Aspekte des New Racism in der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur. Eine kritische Untersuchung zur Stereotypisierung und Imagination des deutschen Afrikabildes seit der Kolonialzeit.
21. May	Doret Jordaan	Die Darstellung der weißen Frau als Unterhaltung.

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni

If you used to be a student of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages, we would like to hear from you! Please send us any photos and / or stories about what you have been up to - we will be sure to add them to the site!

Contact your former lecturers, send an e-mail, or come and visit us!