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A case study of grade 6 multilingual learners' experiences with monolingual assessment practices in a working-class township school in Cape Town.

Author: Cingo, Siviwe Innocent Date: 2022 This qualitative case study focusses on the experiences and challenges f multilingual learners when writing monolingual assessments. It draws on a growing body of poststructuralist theory on linguistic repertoire and translanguaging in order ... Read more
An analysis of dominant discourse in Grade 8 English Home Language textbooks

Author: Cahl, Gregory Elkan Date: 2016 Post-Apartheid South Africa has heralded a period of intense curriculum reform, explicitly aimed at fostering social transformation and a shift from the uncritical rote-learning which dominated Apartheid-era schooling. There have been three ... Read more
Digital Literacies for Pre-Service High School English Teachers

Author: Campbell, Eduard Date: 01 Jun 2015 This series of lectures serves as a course component for the Senior Phase and FET English Method course at the University of Cape Town, which forms part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) professional teacher education ... Read more c b n a
Enabling Capabilities in an Engineering Extended Curriculum Programme

Author: Craig, Tracy S Date: Sep 2017 Read more
English as a weapon of power : a double-edged sword

Author: Pamegiana, Andrea Date: 2005 This mini-dissertation explores the effects of the growth of English as an international and an intranational lingua franca with a focus on the South African debate about language and socio-economic empowerment. This exploration is carried ... Read more
Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students

Author: Pym, June ; Kapp, Rochelle Date: 2013 This article describes a successful academic development programme in a Commerce faculty at a relatively elite, historically white university in South Africa. The writers argue that the programme has managed to achieve good results in recent ... Read more
A longitudinal study of students' negotiation of language literacy and identity

Author: Kapp, Rochelle ; Bangeni, Bongi Date: 2011 The article is based on a longitudinal, qualitative case study of 20 Social Science students at a historically 'white', English-medium, South African university. The participants in the study are all from disadvantaged educational backgrounds ... Read more
Multimodal Pedagogy for English Teachers Lecture Series

Author: Campbell, Ed Date: 01 Mar 2017 Recent research has tended to emphasise the digital proficiency of university students. Nevertheless, studies have shown that, in countries with stark economic divides, it is problematic to assume that all students are “digital natives” ... Read more c b a
Negotiation of learning and identity among first-year medical students

Author: Badenhorst, Elmi ; Kapp, Rochelle Date: 2013 The demand for medical schools to produce competent doctors to meet health needs in South Africa has increased. In response to this challenge, the Faculty of Health Sciences at a relatively elite university introduced a problem-based, socially ... Read more
The politics of English : a study of classroom discourses in a township school

Author: Kapp, Rochelle Date: 2001 This is an ethnographic study, which investigates discourse practices in English subject classrooms at Mziwethu Senior Secondary, a Western Cape township high school, where the subject is taught as a second language. The data were collected ... Read more
Positioning (in) the discipline: undergraduate students' negotiations of disciplinary discourses

Author: Kapp, Rochelle ; Bangeni, Bongi Date: 2009 This paper is drawn from a longitudinal case study in which the authors have tracked the progress of 20 Social Science students over the course of their undergraduate degrees at a historically 'white' South African university. The students ... Read more
Pre-service teachers' perceptions and practices: integrating digital literacy into English education

Author: Campbell, Eduard Date: 2016 Teachers are increasingly expected to use digital resources to facilitate learning. Recent research in Higher Education has indicated the existence of a digital divide among students. With the changing role of the English teacher as a facilitator ... Read more
Repetition overused as an academic writing strategy : a case study of Xhosa-English second language speakers

Author: Alexander, Ebrahim Date: 2011 This study uses close linguistic analysis to investigate how a group of Xhosa English Second Language (XESL) Speakers use repetition as a discourse strategy in their written academic work. The study analyses the nature of their repetition and ... Read more
Shifting language Attitudes in a linguistically diverse learning environment in South Africa

Author: Bangeni, Bongi ; Kapp, Rochelle Date: 2007 This paper draws on post-structuralist theories on language and identity to explore the shifting language attitudes of 15 'black' students over the course of their undergraduate studies at a historically 'white' South African university. All ... Read more
“So I have to be positive, no matter how difficult it is”: a longitudinal case study of a first-generation occupational therapy student

Author: Janse van Rensburg, Viki ; Kapp, Rochelle Date: 2014 Introduction: This article describes and analyses the learning journey of Zinhle, a first-generation university student from an impoverished rural village who studied occupational therapy at a relatively elite South African university. Using ... Read more
Students’ negotiation of practice education in occupational therapy: a case study

Author: Ramafikeng, Matumo Catherine Date: 2018 There are persistent problems with the graduation rates of black Occupational Therapy students. The transition from classroom to the practice-based component of occupational therapy education is particularly challenging, and yet, very little ... Read more
Successful students’ negotiation of township schooling in contemporary South Africa

Author: Kapp, Rochelle ; Badenhorst, Elmi ; Bangeni, Bongi ; Craig, Tracy S ; Janse van Rensburg, Vicki ; le Roux, Kate ; Prince, Robert ; Pym, June ; van Pletzen, Ermien Date: Sep 2014 This article draws on data from a larger longitudinal qualitative case study which is tracking the progress of students over the course of their undergraduate degrees at a South African university. For this paper, we used background questionnaires ... Read more
There's a hippo on my stoep': constructions of English second language teaching and learners in the new national senior certificate

Author: Kapp, Rochelle ; Arend, Moeain Date: 2011 The focus of this paper is an analysis of the conceptualisation of language teaching and the construction of learners in the new National Senior Certificate grade 12 curriculum and examinations taken by students for whom English is an additional ... Read more