WELCOMEWelcome to the Web site of the English Academy of Southern Africa – the home of English studies in Southern Africa. On this site you will find news and photographs of recent events that the Academy has hosted. These include the presentation of prizes and awards, lectures, conferences and schools. You can read interesting and provocative articles and speeches on literature and language matters in South Africa. We offer help and advice on language through our language advisory service and links to other organizations and Web sites. Our recommended reading list will direct you to the best guides to English language and usage currently on the market. The Academy is well known for its prestigious academic journal, the English Academy Review: Southern African Journal of English Studies , and you can read full details about it. The site tells you how to join the Academy and obtain its journal and newsletter.ORIGINThe English Academy of Southern Africa was founded in 1961. It is an association dedicated to promoting the effective use of English as a dynamic language in Southern Africa. Membership is open to all persons and organizations identifying with the Academy's mission and sharing its vision. |
VISION OF THE ACADEMY
The vision of the English Academy of Southern Africa is of a democratic society in which effective English is available to all who wish to use it, where competent instruction in the language is readily accessible and in which the country's diverse linguistic ecology is respected.
MISSION OF THE ACADEMY
The English Academy is concerned with all forms and functions of English. It interests itself in English in education, promotes research and debate, organizes lectures, makes representations about language matters, rewards excellence and fosters the creative, critical and scholarly talents of users (and would-be users) of English in Southern Africa.