Browsing Masters Degrees (Languages, Linguistics and Academic Literacy) by Title
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Fantasieliteratuur in die multikulturele Afrikaans klaskamer.
(1999)In hierdie mini-skripsie word daar na fantasieliteratuur in die multikulturele Afrikaans klaskamer gekyk. Die aard van fantasieliteratuur, naamlik die fabel, sprokie, volksverhaal, mite, legende en toekomsfiksie word ... -
A genealogical history of English studies in South Africa : with special reference to the responses by South African academic literary criticism to the emergence of an indigenous South African literature.
(1989)This thesis examines certain social and institutional forces that have shaped the outlooks and procedures of English departments in South Africa. The approach taken is based on the researches of Michel Foucault, notably ... -
Ghosts between two fires : an exploration of the impact of primary and secondary discursive practices on the construction of the subjectivities of a group of Coloured high school students in Pietermaritzburg.
(2002)Identity issues have been a sensitive area for many people who are classified as Coloured in South Africa. In the past, this could have been ascribed to the effects of apartheid ideology, which resulted in different responses ... -
Houding teenoor Afrikaans, 'n meningsopname onder Afrikaanse tieners in KwaZulu-Natalse skole.
(1997)Abstract not available. -
Idea generation and planning time in second language academic writing : an empirical investigation at Howard College campus, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
(2015)Ideas generation is a cognitive process which underlies the production of coherent writing. However, little is known about the nature of this process and how it is affected by different preparatory conditions. The current ... -
The influence of oral culture and English on the academic and social interaction among tertiary students for whom English is not a mother - tongue.
(1995)The oral background, ability in English and academic and social interaction of the non mother-tongue student was the focus of this study. The oral background of the African student is an important consideration as it ... -
Interkulturele kommunikasie en literatuuronderrig in 'n multikulturele konteks : 'n kritiese analise van Taxi en Keerpunt.
(2001)The aim of this study is to determine how literature teaching in a multicultural context can be used effectively to promote intercultural communication and understanding in South Africa, a relatively young democracy in ... -
An investigation into teacher-elicited Zulu mother-tongue peer-tutoring by Zulu-speaking pupils in an English only classroom at Southlands Secondary School.
(1999)The end of apartheid in South Africa in 1994 triggered unprecedented changes in the country's institutions including the school. In the city of Durban one such change was the influx of Zulu-speaking pupils into previously ... -
An investigation into the classroom related schemata of trainee teachers educated at racially segregated schools.
(1997)This thesis reports on an investigation of the schemata of trainee teachers from a range of different ethnic and language groups in KwaZulu-Natal who had been educated in racially segregated school systems. Informed by the ... -
An investigation into the language educators' application of contemporary linguistics in relation to the language teaching situation at the University of Durban-Westville.
(2000)This investigation analyses current issues in the language teaching situation at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW). It defines parameters with which language educators can make choices. Effective language teaching ... -
An investigation into the role of codeswitching in classroom interaction in Transkei junior secondary schools.
(1995)This study investigates the role of codeswitching in classroom interactions involving teachers and pupils in Transkei Junior Secondary schools. Codeswitching practices, the alternate use by teachers in these schools of two ... -
An investigation of the impact of working in an international school context on the identities of English-speaking teachers at the International English School in Italy.
(2006)Many educational researchers (e.g. Jansen 2001) argue that not enough is known about how teachers view their careers and identities as teachers and how they adapt to new educational policies and teaching situations. ... -
An investigation of the representation of females in a popular magazine directed at teenagers.
(2002)In this study I investigate gender representations in a South African magazine directed at a teenage female readership. It begins with a survey of sociolinguistic understandings of the relationship between language and ... -
IsiZulu-speaking educators' attitudes towards the role of isiZulu in education in Durban.
(2001)The South African Schools Act (1996) is now in place to allow the governing bodies to decide on language policies for their schools. This has come about as a means to redress the past situation whereby policies were ... -
Izwe alithuthuki by Phuzekhemisi as sung in KwaZulu-Natal : maskandi song as social protest analysed as an oral-style text.
(2000)No abstract available. -
L'analyse du thème la colonisation dans les œuvres littéraires Ngemena de Paul Lomami Tchibamba et La Malédiction de Pius Ngandu Nkashama.
(2009)Critical analysis of the theme “Colonisation” in the literary works of Africa: case of Ngemena by Lomami Tchibamba and La Malédiction by Ngandu Nkashama is the title of this thesis. I intend to do a critical analysis of ... -
Language(s) of instruction in township schools in the KwaMakutha area.
(2006)A quantitative study on the merits of using the learner's mother-tongue (instead of English) as a medium of instruction. This investigation attempts to find out how many schools and parents in KwaMakhutha implement (or ... -
The language-in-education policy and attitudes of learners, educators and parents towards English or/and isiZulu as the language of learning and teaching : the case of selected secondary schools in Durban Metro in KwaZulu-Natal province.
(2004)South Africa has undergone many political changes since the apartheid era. A recent one has included the adoption of a new language-in-education policy recommending, among other things, the use of African indigenous ... -
Le traitement poétique de l'irréel dans Aurélia de Nerval et Les fleurs du mal de Baudelaire.
(2011)No abstract available.