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== Origins and aims ==

The ISEA is a research institute of Rhodes University, whcih was established in 1964 "to study the problems of English in Africa, and in the Republic in particular, as mother tongue, as an official language, and as a second language; how it is spoken and written by the main linguistic groups; how it is taught; to find out the weaknesses of the present system; and devise means to meet them: in fact, a Research Institute with a strong practical bias. - - - the Institute should sponsor research, collect information and organize training both for post-graduate students at the University and for teachers in service." (From the founding Minutes of April 1964)

== Projects ==

Since its inception the Institute has given rise to three independent institutions:

The [[National English Literary Museum]], the Dictionary Unit for South African English
and the Molteno Project.

Publications include three jorunals, [[English in Africa]], [[Shakespeare in Southern Africa]] and New Coin.

== Directors and Founders ==

The first Chairman of the Board, and founder of the Institute, was Professor [[Guy Butler|F.G. Butler]] and he was followed by the following directors of the Institute:

1964-1974: [[William Branford|W.G. Branford]], 1974-1981: [[Andr de Villiers|A.R. de Villiers]]
1981-1987: L.W. Lanham, 1987-1989: P.S. Walters and 1990 - date: [[Laurence Wright|L.S. Wright]]

== Sources ==

http://www.ru.ac.za/isea

== For more information ==

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-The [[ISEA]] is a research institute of Rhodes University, which was established in 1964 "to study the problems of English in Africa, and in the Republic in particular, as mother tongue, as an official language, and as a second language; how it is spoken and written by the main linguistic groups; how it is taught; to find out the weaknesses of the present system; and devise means to meet them: in fact, a Research Institute with a strong practical bias. - - - the Institute should sponsor research, collect information and organize training both for post-graduate students at the University and for teachers in service." (From the founding Minutes of April 1964)
+It was established in 1964 "to study the problems of English in Africa, and in the Republic in particular, as mother tongue, as an official language, and as a second language; how it is spoken and written by the main linguistic groups; how it is taught; to find out the weaknesses of the present system; and devise means to meet them: in fact, a Research Institute with a strong practical bias. - - - the Institute should sponsor research, collect information and organize training both for post-graduate students at the University and for teachers in service." (From the founding Minutes of April 1964)
 == Projects ==

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 == Origins and aims ==
-The ISEA is a research institute of Rhodes University, which was established in 1964 "to study the problems of English in Africa, and in the Republic in particular, as mother tongue, as an official language, and as a second language; how it is spoken and written by the main linguistic groups; how it is taught; to find out the weaknesses of the present system; and devise means to meet them: in fact, a Research Institute with a strong practical bias. - - - the Institute should sponsor research, collect information and organize training both for post-graduate students at the University and for teachers in service." (From the founding Minutes of April 1964)
+The [[ISEA]] is a research institute of Rhodes University, which was established in 1964 "to study the problems of English in Africa, and in the Republic in particular, as mother tongue, as an official language, and as a second language; how it is spoken and written by the main linguistic groups; how it is taught; to find out the weaknesses of the present system; and devise means to meet them: in fact, a Research Institute with a strong practical bias. - - - the Institute should sponsor research, collect information and organize training both for post-graduate students at the University and for teachers in service." (From the founding Minutes of April 1964)
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 The first Chairman of the Board, and founder of the Institute, was Professor [[Guy Butler|F.G. Butler]] and he was followed by the following directors of the Institute:
--1974: [[William Branford|W.G. Branford]], 1974-1981: [[Andr de Villiers|A.R. de Villiers]]
+-1974: [[William Branford|W.G. Branford]], 1974-1981: [[André de Villiers|A.R. de Villiers]]
 -1987: L.W. Lanham,  1987-1989: P.S. Walters and 1990 - date: [[Laurence Wright|L.S. Wright]]
 == Sources ==