{"id":22237,"date":"2022-08-10T15:58:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/languagecentre.sun.ac.za\/reading-for-all-levels-of-english1-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T23:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T21:06:59","slug":"invites-with-a-multilingual-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/invites-with-a-multilingual-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative ways to give your invites a multilingual look and feel"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The Language Centre\u2019s mandate to the University is to promote multilingualism and provide language support. The Language Centre therefore strives to embody a <a href=\"https:\/\/languagecentre.sun.ac.za\/about\/a-multilingual-mindset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multilingual mindset<\/a> and to share this mindset with the rest of the University.<\/p>\n<p>Invitations to events are great opportunities to include all three languages used at the University. There is no need to repeat everything in English, Afrikaans and isiXhosa, but you can selectively add or highlight information in, say, Afrikaans and isiXhosa if your invite\u2019s back bone is in English. If your guiding principle is inclusion and not exclusion, you can\u2019t go wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Use these invites as inspiration, and let <a href=\"mailto:slotz@sun.ac.za\">us<\/a> know if you have more suggestions:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-shop_single wp-image-22243\" src=\"https:\/\/languagecentre.sun.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Advancing-isiXhosa-worksop-invite-600x375.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Advancing-isiXhosa-worksop-invite-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Advancing-isiXhosa-worksop-invite-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Advancing-isiXhosa-worksop-invite-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Advancing-isiXhosa-worksop-invite-447x280.png 447w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-shop_single wp-image-22258\" src=\"https:\/\/languagecentre.sun.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Final_Savethedate_20Julv2-600x494.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Final_Savethedate_20Julv2-600x494.png 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Final_Savethedate_20Julv2-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Final_Savethedate_20Julv2-1024x843.png 1024w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Final_Savethedate_20Julv2-340x280.png 340w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Final_Savethedate_20Julv2.png 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-shop_single wp-image-22270\" src=\"https:\/\/languagecentre.sun.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Year-end-invite2021-600x415.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Year-end-invite2021-600x415.png 600w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Year-end-invite2021-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Year-end-invite2021-1024x709.png 1024w, https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Year-end-invite2021-405x280.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row type_default valign_top\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-shop_single wp-image-22282\" src=\"https:\/\/languagecentre.sun.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20thBirthdayInvite_RSVP29Jul-600x423.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zone.ladybugdigital.co.za\/taalsentrumdebug2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20thBirthdayInvite_RSVP29Jul-600x423.png 600w, 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