Catherine Langsford

Literacy advocate. Teacher. Student. Writer. Researcher. PhD candidate at UCT. Batman’s #1 fan. I do all my own stunts.

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

Proud to have managed this project on behalf of the funder group which @ZenexF is part of.

[Dep. Basic Education @DBE_SA]

The Minister of Basic Education, Ms Siviwe Gwarube, will today launch the Funda Uphumelele National Survey (FUNS) at the Department of Basic Education, a landmark initiative providing South Africa’s first comprehensive overview of early grade reading outcomes across all 11 official languages.

The survey represents a major step forward in understanding how children learn to read; it enables the Department to strengthen support where it matters most, in the foundation phase.

🔴 Watch the launch live here:
https://t.co/6lGYEYzFjP

#EducationZA #ReadingZA #EarlyLearning #LiteracyZA #GovZAUpdates

[Zenex Foundation @ZenexF]

The Department of Basic Education has gathered provinces, NGOs & funders to discuss the latest synthesis of reading research and data from the Early Grade Reading Studies (EGRS). #readtolead #buildingfoundations #foundationphase

[STIAS @STIAS_SA]

🔔CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 🔔
Calling all #AfricanScholars to submit applications for the #IsoLomsoFellowship by 15 February 2025. The fellowship includes residencies in Stellenbosch and abroad, international conferences and more.
Visit https://t.co/aAFQXUwUsg to learn more.

[Thomas Hardy Society @hardysociety]

Thomas Hardy

2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928

[Zenex Foundation @ZenexF]

What questions or insights to you have on how we can better solve the #SeniorPhaseEducation crisis and #LearningOutcomes for our learners? Share them in our comments section.

[Zenex Foundation @ZenexF]

Join our Webinar: Addressing the Senior Phase Learning Crisis. The Senior Phase faces critical challenges with low learning outcomes. Join us as experts from @DBE_SA , academia, & more discuss innovative solutions.

Link: https://t.co/lBNmDgIkns

#ZenexFoundation #SeniorPhaseEducation #LearningOutcomes #EducationMatters

[Charlotte’s Mum @RobynPorteous]

A call for volunteer audio book narrators for the South African Library for the Blind:

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

And so it ends. Dante’s purification is complete and he emerges:

“perfect, pure, and ready for the Stars.”

#CantoXXXIII #Purgatory #TheDivineComedy

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

Not what I expected to happen upon entering the Earthly Paradise 🤷🏻‍♀️
#CantoXXXIII #TheDivineComedy

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

On hesitation before passing through The Wall of Fire to enter the Earthly Paradise:

My son, my son, turn here with whole assurance.
Put by your fears and enter to your peace."
And I stood fixed, at war with my own conscience.

#CantoXXVII #TheDivineComedy

[Book Dash @bookdash]

Calling all creatives in JOHANNESBURG!

What are you waiting for? Submit your application today! Book Dash is heading your way in August and we want to invite you to participate in this festive book-making marathon.

Apply now: https://t.co/H8lcO9KGn0

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

“But that true Father, sensing both my thirst
and that I was too timid to reveal it,
encouraged me to speak by speaking first.”

#DanteAlighieri #TheDivineComedy #CantoXVIII

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

“Queen Esther … persuaded Ahasuerus of Haman's iniquity … Not to waste a perfectly good cross, or perhaps because he was confused by the number of people who were making up his mind for him, Ahasuerus had Haman crucified in Mordecai's place.”
The Rein of Wrath, #CantoXV

[South African Refugee-Led Network (SARLN) @SARefugee_Led]

Today, We Stand in Solidarity with Refugees Worldwide, Today, We Stand for Human Rights, #ShareTheirVoices as we stand in solidarity #WithRefugees #RefugeeWeek I'm celebrating #OurHome #WorldRefugeeDay

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

"O Blessed Lamp, we face the road ahead
placing our faith in you: lead us the way
that we should go in this new place," he said.
"You are the warmth of the world, you are its light;
if other cause do not urge otherwise,
your rays alone should serve to lead us right."
#Canto13

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

Another winter, another instalment of The Divine Comedy. Join me as I read Purgatory. #DanteAlighieri #TheDivineComedy

[Maxine Schaefer, PhD @MaxineNSchaefer]

Please would you consider supporting Mikaela Daries for her medical treatment for leukemia. She's one of the kindest souls and brightest minds, only 26 years old. A dollar goes a long way in South Africa! https://t.co/TZRr6NdUue

[Data & Society @datasociety]

"The gigantic and costly industry Silicon Valley is building around generative AI is still struggling to explain the technology's utility," @scottros reports. After a year and a half, "it remains tough to say exactly why we should all start using [it]." https://t.co/6ox7pWaGcR

[Catherine Langsford @MsCathLangsford]

@jesssica__evans Words, Caravaggio. They have a power.

The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje