I-IT ngokumelene nesiNgisi: Kufanele siziqeqeshe kanjani izingane zethu?

Abantu abaningi bacabanga ukuthi bawaqonda kahle amakhompyutha. Lokho kufika kuze kube yilapho idatha yakho ehlanganisiwe yonakaliswa ngenxa yomsebenzi omubi wokucubungula inqwaba lapho-ke isisombululo kuphela siwukuthembela ekuhlolweni kokucubungula okungemuva okudwetshiwe. Uma lowo musho wokugcina ubudida kakhulu kungenzeka ukuthi ubungesiSanskrit sasendulo, ukunika umbono wenkinga ngezilimi ze-IT.

Lo mqondo kulula ukuwuqonda uma kuqhathaniswa, ulandela inkolelo-mbono yokuthi lapho ubuchwepheshe bethu bekhompiyutha buthuthuke kakhulu yilapho amagama asetshenziswayo athuthuke kakhulu. Ngesikhathi amakhompyutha eqala ukudalwa kwakunamagama amaningi ahlukene alokho okwakwenzeka. Leyo kwakuyiminyaka yamashumi ayisishiyagalombili: isikhathi lapho kwakungewona wonke umuntu owayenamakhompiyutha, futhi labo ababenawo babevame ukwazi ukungena nokuphuma kwabo. Manje siphila enkathini lapho abantu abaningi bekwazi ukufinyelela ikhompuyutha, noma idivayisi esebenza kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe obufanayo; kodwa iqiniso liwukuthi abaningi bethu abawazi amagama. 

Ubuchwepheshe bekhompyutha abukayeki ukuvela, futhi kungashiwo okufanayo mayelana namagama asetshenziswa ukuchaza konke abakwenzayo. Ngalesi sikhathi kuphephile ukusho ukuthi lawo magama ekhompyutha asungule owawo ulimi. Ulimi lwe-IT, uma uthanda. 

Abanye banomuzwa wokuthi lolu limi lwe-IT ngolunye usuku lungaphikisana nezinhlobo zendabuko zokuxhumana. Ukuthi abantu bazodinga ukufunda i-IT njengolimi lwesibili ukuze nje baqonde ngokugcwele ukuthi omakhalekhukhwini babo benzani. Umdidiyeli oshisekayo ogama lakhe lingu-Allen Carte ungomunye walabo bantu. 

Ukholelwa ukuthi ngelinye ilanga amakilasi e-IT angaba yimpoqo ezikoleni, “Kuzoba njengesiNgisi noma iMathematika,” kusho uCarte.

UCarte angase akholelwe ukuthi isizukulwane sabantu abanolwazi lwezobuchwepheshe asikude kodwa uyazi ukuthi inkulumo yezobuchwepheshe ngeke ithathe indawo yezilimi zendabuko. UCarte uze aphawule nokuthi “ulimi lwesiNgisi lubonakala lushintsha njalo.” Ubalula ukuthi izikhathi eziningi amatemu obuchwepheshe enza, empeleni, engezwe kusichazamazwi.

Naphezu kwalokho othisha bezincwadi ze-die hard literature kanye nothisha besiNgisi abangaqondile, okushiwo uCarte akulona iphutha. Ngo-2014 i Oxford English Dictionary ingeze i-YOLO, ama-azeballs kanye nesithombe ozishuthe sona kusichazamazwi sayo samanje sokusebenzisa.  

Ngakho-ke ingabe leli yithemba lethu elingcono kakhulu, lokufundisa isizukulwane esilandelayo indlela entsha ngokuphelele yokukhuluma ngokuqondile ngamakhompyutha? Akuzwakali njengenketho embi kakhulu. Iqembu lonke labantu obekungathenjelwa kulo ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuze bathole usizo lwe-IT. UJosh Nolet, uMqondisi Wezobuchwepheshe e-Mohawk College Student Association, ucabanga ukuthi lokhu akunakwenzeka ukuthi kube ikusasa elingenzeka.  

Umsebenzi ka-Nolet uhlanganisa ukubhekana nezinhlobonhlobo zezinkinga cishe njalo ezibandakanya izitayela zakamuva zobuchwepheshe. U-Nolet uvame ukuphatha ukusebenza kwekhompyutha futhi unomuzwa wokuthi ukuba wonke umuntu afunde zonke izici zomhlaba we-IT kuhle, kodwa akunakwenzeka. Ukhuluma ngendlela ukufundiswa kwesifundo esikoleni kuwumqondo omuhle, kodwa empeleni cishe akunakwenzeka. 

U-Nolet uveza ukuthi isizathu esilula ukuthi uxhaso ngeke likuvumele. Ukuthi izingane zizoba nekilasi lekhompiyutha kuphela uma isikole sabo singakwazi ukuzikhokhela. Ukuthi umphakathi jikelele ukhathazeke kakhulu ngokuthi abantu bakwazi ukufunda, ukubhala nokwenza izibalo ngaphezu kokuphazamisa i-hard drive. 

Naphezu kwalokho uNolet akushilo, uyawuqonda umbono kaCarte. “Ngithola umbono wokuthi wonke umuntu unolwazi ngamakhompyutha, akukhona nje lokho wonke umuntu afuna ukukwazi.” Uhamba aze athi “sonke sidinga ukuba nolwazi oluyisisekelo ngobuchwepheshe obusha kodwa angeke bufundiswe emhlabeni wonke, okwamanje.” Nokho, unaso esakhe isixazululo. 

U-Nolet ucabanga ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokubhekana nenkinga entsha yolimi lwe-IT ukwenza lokho esihlale sikwenza: Ukuthembela kochwepheshe be-IT abaqeqeshiwe ukuze badlulisele abanye abantu. Ufuna ukugcizelela ukuthi akukubi ukuba nolwazi lwamakhompyutha kodwa akwenzeki ukwazi yonke into ngomhlaba wamakhompyutha futhi unganikeli ukuphila kwakho kuwo. “Ngeke sonke sibe abahleli bekhompyutha noma abantu be-IT.”

“Abantu banenkinga futhi bazohlezi benenkinga ngamakhompyutha asusela kulokho abakwaziyo.” U-Nolet uqhuba ngokuthi “awukwazi konke, ngakho-ke udinga abantu abanamakhono okukwazi ukuhumusha i-tech jargon ukuya esiNgisini esivamile.” Uyibheka njengesixazululo sendoda ephakathi. 

U-Nolet uveza ukuthi isizathu esiyinhloko esenza kube nenkinga ingoba abantu bakhungatheka ngamagama obuchwepheshe. “Uma kuyitemu elilodwa noma amabili ezobuchwepheshe emshweni abantu abaningi bangalibheka noma babuze umngane ukuthi benzeni. Uma kunamagama amathathu noma amane obuchwepheshe, kulapho umuntu ovamile edideka khona, akhungatheke futhi acabange ukuthi kudingeka abe ungqondongqondo wekhompyutha ukuze aqonde noma yini.”

Uchwepheshe we-IT uze avume ukuthi ngezikhathi ezithile kuvela itemu noma isigaba esisha futhi naye uyakhubeka. “Ngivele ngidonse umoya ngehlise umoya bese ngibheka phezulu, ezikhathini eziningi ukusesha kwe-Google okulula kuzonikeza imiphumela engcono kakhulu. Ingase ikutshele nokuthi yini okufanele uyenze ngokulandelayo.” 

Uphinde agcizelele ukuthi akekho umuntu osemdala kakhulu noma ohambe kakhulu emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe. “Angicabangi ukuthi kukhona umuntu owake waba nezinkinga zamakhompiyutha ezabashiya kude kangangokuthi bangaphinde basebenzise ubuchwepheshe.” Uze asho nokuthi, “ugogo nomkhulu bayakwazi ukusebenzisa i-computer lapho benikezwa iseluleko esifanele esivela kuchwepheshe oqeqeshwe kahle.”  

Amakhompyutha awayi ndawo futhi nolimi lobuchwepheshe abafika nalo. 

Okusho ukuthi le ndaba izoba nzima kakhulu. Esikwaziyo ukuthi ulimi lwesiNgisi aluyi ndawo, kodwa kanjalo ne-jargon yezobuchwepheshe. Ngokufanayo nezilimi ezisetshenziswa kuzibalo, kubonakala sengathi isiNgisi cishe sizomunca amagama obuchwepheshe kuso, kodwa lokhu kuwukuqagela nje. Into yangempela esingayishintsha isimo sethu sengqondo ngalokho esikwaziyo. 

Kunabantu abaqeqeshiwe abangasiza abantu abaningi ngezinkinga zabo zobuchwepheshe njengamanje. Esikhathini esizayo singase sibe nesizukulwane sentsha esifundiswa indlela yokubhekana nalolu daba iyodwa, kodwa okwamanje kuhle sithembele kulokho esikwaziyo. 

Manje okumele sikwenze ukukhetha indlela efanele yokubhekana nale mbono yokushayisana kwe-IT nezilimi zendabuko futhi sikwenze. Isikhathi kuphela esizosho ukuthi yisiphi isisombululo esizoba ngcono kakhulu. Okuzokwenzeka ngokulandelayo kuzothakazelisa.