Browsing Languages, Linguistics and Academic Literacy by Title
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Teaching academic writing in a South African context : an evaluation of the drafting-responding process used to develop the academic writing of students in a first year media course at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2006)The provision of written lecturer feedback at the draft stage of a draft-response-redraft process is an extensively used tool in the process genre approach to teaching academic writing. It is also regarded as an important ... -
The Telugu language and its influence on the cultural lives of the Hindu `Pravasandhras' in South Africa.
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Text comprehension in multilingual children : mental representation and narrative text structure.
(2014)Investigations of children‘s narrative text structure are necessary because narrative abilities are linked to literacy development and academic achievement (Dickinson & Tabors, 2001). Information contained in a narrative ... -
Towards an emerging "coconut tree missiological imagination" : an enquiry into climate change and its relevance for ministerial formation at Tangintebu Theological College
(2018)This study examines the ways in which the phenomenon of climate change is affecting the people, indigenous culture, and environment of the Micronesian island nation of Kiribati, in the South Pacific. Even though climate ... -
A tradition in transition : the consequences of the introduction of literacy among Zulu people in Umbumbulu.
(1997)This research study, in its efforts to discuss the consequences of the introduction of literacy among the Zulu people in Umbumbulu, will embody the social and educational aspects of the oral Zulu people before and after ... -
The translatability of English academic discourse into isiZulu with reference to the discourse of mathematics.
(2009)This research investigates the translatability of English Academic Discourse into isiZulu with specific reference to the discourse of Mathematics. The focus is on the translation processes and strategies used in the ... -
Translation and commentary : Ma vie, mon Cri (Rachida Yacoubi)
(2003)Ce memoire est avant tout un travail de traduction. Le livre a traduire, Ma Vie, mon Cri de Rachida Yacoubi, est tres long (355 pages). 11 fallut beaucoup de travail, de revision et de discussion avec mes deux directrices ... -
Trends, modifications and motivations of ukuhlolwa kwezintombi (virginity testing) among the Zulu in KwaMashu district of KwaZulu Natal between, 1960-2000.
(2000)This study investigates the trends. modifications and motivations of ukuhlolwa kwezilllombi (virginity testing) among the Zulu in KwaMashu district of Kwa Zulu Natal. The study reveals that:- • Ukuhlolwa kwezillfombi ... -
Ucwaningo ngolimi lwesigodi isicele.
(2006)The present research examines the linguistic situation in the Lower South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal where isiZulu is used as the means of instruction and of administration, but IsiCele is used as home language by the Cele ... -
Ukuhlelwa kokufundwa kolimi lwesiZulu njengolimi lwesibili : kubhekwa abasebenzi kanye nabafundi basenyuvesi ya KwaZulu-Natal.
(2014)Lolu cwaningo lubheka inqubomgomo yolimi yesikhungo semfundo ephakeme iNyuvesi YaKwaZulu-Natali, ngokubheka ukuhlelwa kokufundwa kolimi lwesiZulu njengolimi lwesibili, kubhekwa abasebenzi kanye nabafundi baseNyuvesi ... -
Ukuvezwa kwabalingiswa besifazane ezinganekwaneni zesiZulu.
(2016)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Une écriture de la liberté chez Juan Genet : analyse critique de Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs.
(2014)Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs est le premier roman écrit par Jean Genet. C’est aussi, pour moi, le plus beau. Je suis donc en accord avec l’écrivain Jack Kerouac qui l’a décrit comme sa préférée des oeuvres de Genet. En effet, ... -
Universal principles and parametric variation : remarks on formal linguistics and the grammar of Zulu.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2005)Research on topics of an essentially African nature should be regarded as a cornerstone of learning at an African university. At the same time, this research must avoid becoming insular and parochial. The study of the ... -
The usage of Arabic in the Durban metropolitan municipality area : finding possible ways and means of enhancing its usage and status.
(2007)This dissertation is an investigation of the status and the extent to which the Arabic language is put to use in the Durban Metropolitan Area in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. A quantitative socio-linguistic ... -
Ushintsho ekwethiweni kwamagama abantu abangamaZulu esifundweni sase Mkhanyakude ngemuva konyaka wezi 2000.
(2015)This study is an investigation of shift in naming practices among the Zulu speaking people at UMkhanyakude District. It seeks to illustrate the different patterns of naming that are as a result of the change in naming ... -
The verb phrase in Kihema.
(2005)"The Verb Phrase in Kihema" investigates a wide range of three different constructions, which have all been termed 'Grammatical Function Changing Processes' (GFCP), by Linguists, using data from Kihema (a Bantu language ... -
Voices form the margins : an analysis of the cultural politics of E.M. Forster's fiction.
(2002)This thesis seeks to offer an explicitly political reading of E.M. Forster's fiction, focusing on three of his novels (A Room with a View, Howards End and Maurice) and two of his short stories ("The Life to Come" and "The ... -
Ways in which teacher discourses, namely, praising and scolding contribute to the construction of gender identities of learners.
(2009)Abstract not available.