Browsing Languages, Linguistics and Academic Literacy by Title

Ecotourism development with special reference to Etsheni living heritage site.

Nzama, Mlungisi Wiseman. (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.

Steinke, Kellie Jo-Anne. (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, ...

Elsa Joubert : 'n kommunikatiewe benadering.

Van der Berg, Dietloff Zigfried. (1993)

No abstract available.

Emerging bilingualism in rural secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal : the impact of educational policies on learners and their communities.

Appalraju, Dhalialutchmee Padayachee. (2010)

It was as Head of Department of Languages in a rural high school in Southern KwaZulu-Natal, and as an L1 English educator in a primarily Zulu-speaking environment that I first realised the extent to which language is not ...

English language teachers' practices in the development of grade nine learners' oral proficiency : a case study of students in Asmara, Eritrea.

Russom, Dawit Maekele. (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. ...

Enkele regsliterere aspekte van sensuur in Suid-Afrika.

Grobler, Hilda Magdalena. (1989)

No abstract available.

An ethnographic investigation into the teaching of writing in an African secondary school in the Pietermaritzburg area.

Hart, Michael Travers. (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.

Du Preez, Elizabeth J. (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.

Kerchhoff, Jennifer Anne. (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.

Sibisi, Muhle Praiseworth. (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). ...

An examination of political sloganeering as a mode of communication and its relationship to the oral tradition with special reference to South Africa.

Damane, Beauty Nonceba. (1994)

Abstract not available.

An exploration of religio-cultural concepts of transgender identities in Ethiopian Zionist churches in the Midlands, KZN.

Sithole, Sindisiwe Gloria. (2019)

Transgender people experience incongruence between their gender identity and sex assigned at birth. In South Africa, the transgender population has remained an invisible population until the development of organisations ...

An exploration of the contribution of critical discourse analysis to curriculum development.

Luckett, Kathleen Margaret. (1997)

This dissertation explores the contribution of critical discourse analysis (CDA) using functional systemic grammar (FSG) to curriculum development in historical studies at university level. The study is premised on an ...

Exploring changing identities : a case study of Black female technikon students' understanding of themselves as users of English, and as users of other languages.

Hodgson, Lesley Marion. (2002)

This dissertation, a qualitative case study, investigates issues of language and identity among sixteen young black women studying at Technikon Natal. I examine the ways in which identities are structured by discourses of ...

Fantasieliteratuur in die multikulturele Afrikaans klaskamer.

Gumbi, Thembi Gloria. (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.

Doherty, Christopher Malcolm William. (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.

Mathey, Michelle. (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 ...