Browsing Masters Degrees (Languages, Linguistics and Academic Literacy) by Title
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Bodylands : inscriptions of the body and embodiment in the novels of Lauren Beukes. Key terms : South African literature, inscriptions of the body and space, gender, abjection, the disciplined body, the grotesque and classical body.
(2015)This dissertation takes up the question of the body and embodiment(s) in contemporary South African fiction, paying particular attention to the novels of award-wining author, Lauren Beukes. In the first three fictional ... -
Can you "dig up the hatchet"? : on the semantic transparency of idioms in English.
(2013)This thesis is concerned with the connection between syntax and semantics regarding the construction of special meaning in English. To investigate this construction I have taken a selection of English idioms, modified them ... -
Code-mixing in simultaneous language acquisition.
(2006)This thesis is based on the recorded speech and field notes of the author's three-year-old child who was acquiring three languages simultaneously (Chichewa, Chitumbuka and English). Chichewa is his mother's first language, ... -
Code-switching as a technique in teaching literature in a secondary school ESL classroom.
(2001)This dissertation focuses on code-switching i.e. the alternate use of two languages within the same speech event, as a technique in teaching literature to Grade 10 ESL learners by bilingual teachers in comparison to English ... -
Conflicting paradigms : an investigation into teachers' perceptions of language teaching in English second language primary school classrooms, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2001)The aim of this dissertation is to contribute towards research in the area of Second Language Learning and Teaching, with particular focus on English Second Language (ESL) Learning and Teaching in the context of a South ... -
A critical examination of men's and women's discourse practices in directive-response speech sequences (DRSS) : evidence from teacher- student interactions during groupwork in two secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2003)This dissertation presents a critical examination of men's and women's discourse practices in directive-response speech sequences (DRSS), on the basis of data obtained from teacher-student interactions during groupwork ... -
Cross-cultural communication : an investigation into compliment response behaviour of Indian and African students at the Springfield College of Education.
(1995)This is a cross-cultural communication study which investigates the compliment response behaviour of Indian and African students at the Springfield College of Education. The Springfield College of Education is a desegregating ... -
Developing a workbook for a cooperative learning project : a critical exploration of the extent to which an English I cooperative learning project based on communication language teaching principles is compatible with the pedagogy of access proposed by the Multiliteracies Project.
(2000)This research report encompasses the development and implementation of a cooperative learning project over four cycles of action research. The context for this research is eleven business communication classes, primarily ... -
Die funksie van siekte en gestremdheid in die werke van Etienne van Heerden en sy tydgenote.
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Die vader-seun-verhouding binne 'n postkoloniale konteks : Indishce duinen van Adriaan van Dis = The relationship between father and son within a post-colonial context : Indische duinen by Adriaan van Dis.
(2004)This study examines the relationship between father and son in the novel Indische duinen (1994, 2002) by Adriaan van Dis within the context of post-war and postcolonial Dutch society. It relates the process by which an ... -
Dominandi avida : Tacitus' portrayal of women in the Annals.
(1993)This thesis deals with Tacitus' portrayal of women by examining in detail a number of the female characters in the Annals in order to identify certain themes and ideas relating to women. The most striking theme to emerge ... -
Drum readers then and now : a linguistic investigation of some of the ways in which readers' identities are contructed in two copies of Drum magazine in 1951 and 2001.
(2002)This dissertation explores how written discourses of Drum editors' and readers' letters linguistically construct social identities of the Drum audience, and how this identity construction is intimately linked with ... -
Ecotourism development with special reference to Etsheni living heritage site.
(2010)This dissertation looks at how ecotourism can help develop the Etsheni Living Heritage site. There are many ways that can be used to develop a place but this work specifically uses ecotourism as a vehicle for developing ... -
The effects of the learn to read : reading to learn approach on the academic literacy performance of students in the BCOM4 English language and development programme.
(2012)This dissertation reports on a study to determine the effects of using the Learn to Read: Reading to Learn approach (R2L), as developed by Dr David Rose, on BCom4 Access Level students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, ... -
English language teachers' practices in the development of grade nine learners' oral proficiency : a case study of students in Asmara, Eritrea.
(2004)The main focus of this study is on the causes of the problems in English language proficiency of Grade Nine high-school learners in Asmara, Eritrea, with reference to their oral skills, particularly for academic purposes. ... -
An ethnographic investigation into the teaching of writing in an African secondary school in the Pietermaritzburg area.
(2000)This study is an ethnographic investigation into the teaching of writing in an African secondary school in the Pietermaritzburg area. It arose out of my awareness that schooling distributes literacy unequally and negatively ... -
An evaluation of language materials developed by the Language in Learning and Teaching (LILT) project in terms of the language development of the learners using them, based on what they aim to achieve and their perceived functions in the light of the guiding principles under-pinning the LILT project.
(2001)The focus of the research reported on in this dissertation is an evaluation of the Language in Learning and Teaching project (LILT), in terms of its ability to facilitate English language development in schools where both ... -
An evaluation of oral feedback as a means of scaffolding for postgraduate student writing.
(2007)Universities in South Africa as yet do not provide multilingual education. For many students this means they have to use their second or additional language for the Discourse of the academic world. This dissertation ... -
Event verbalization in isiZulu L1 and English L2 : a comparative analysis with special reference to tense and aspect.
(2014)The current study investigates the verbalization of a series of events which culminate into a hypothetical laboratory incident at Mangosuthu University of Technology. The verbalization is in isiZulu (L1) and English (L2). ...