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The Hub for Multilingual Education and Literacies (HuMEL) is a research and development centre producing world-class research into the use of more than one language for accessing knowledge, under the leadership of Prof. Leketi Makalela.

The Hub is a second home to distinguished researchers; world-class scholars, teachers and postgraduate students from many parts of the world. Our work is based on the premise that deeper levels of thinking and identity development are attained through the strategic use of multiple languages and literacies.

“ Director for HuMEL influencing the teaching of English at the Schools Now? 2024 conference in Cape Town. His focus is on teaching English alongside African languages as the way to go in our contemporary curricula”

Speaking in tongues seminar, join us to learn more about Linguistic Diversity in Global Education: Insights and impacts from Nigeria.

HumEL is celebrating International Mother Languages with the Department of Basic Education and Pan South African language board in East London.

Welcome to the leading hub on multilingual education. Leaders in the top 1%, we set trends, innovate, and bring solutions to the multilingual question and related literacies challenges at schools, colleges, and universities.
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