Author:Jardine, AziezahDate:2008The aim of my teaching intervention, dialogue journal writing, was to counter these deficit perceptions by affirming the marginal home language at school. More importantly, I aimed to give children who do not often get the opportunity to do ...Read more
Author:Nxasana, Nonceba Thandeka JacquelineDate:2005The investigation seeks to establish whether vital information is lost or not communicated properly due to differences in language between medical practitioners and patients. In particular the thesis is concerned with English-speaking doctors ...Read more
Author:Kouame, Germain NoelDate:2002This study investigates aspects of the learning process that takes place in the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) classroom in the Department of Linguistics and Southern African Languages at the University of Cape Town. It also studies ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, Michélle ElizabethDate:2001I did a historiographical study of the poet, Ingrid Jonker, because I am convinced that the way in which she wrote is as important as what she wrote. The term 'historiography' refers to the way history is done, and I wanted to show how Ingrid ...Read more
Author:Doumbia, WassaDate:2003Cette étude s'est inspirée de la nouvelle voie que l'éducation prend au Mali au premier cycle de l'enseignement fondamental (éducation bilingue). Cette nouvelle voie qui concerne l'introduction des langues nationales à I'école a donné des ...Read more
Author:Hughes, SharonDate:1994Language planning and language policy are currently being debated by both politicians and educationists. Language policy is seen by both Afrikaner nationalists and some progressive educationists as the key to political and economic power. ...Read more
Author:Fine, ZelmaDate:2009The aim of this study was to investigate and contrast two sites of literacy tuition, the one being an orthodox night school, set-up and run according to departmental requirements, and the other, an innovative endeavour situated within the ...Read more
Author:Scholtz, DanelleDate:2001Literature is an important source of cultural knowledge for young readers. It helps shape their perceptions of reality and teaches them what to expect from the world and the people around them. Therefore, it is important to do a communicative ...Read more
Author:Hausiku, Scholastika MbavaDate:2011The study aims to investigate whether the difference in the language of teaching in teacher education and the language of teaching in the lower primary phase is a barrier for effective teaching and learning in the targeted institutions. ...Read more
Author:Williams, CristanDate:2012This study developed out of my own experiences as a high school English teacher and my engagements with the intertwined issues of language and diversity in the classroom.The study foregrounds the nature of students' and teachers' engagements ...Read more
Author:Pamegiana, AndreaDate:2005This 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
Author:Kendal, Charmaine AllanaDate:2007This is an ethnographic study of how learners write about, speak about, depict and value their literacy activities at home and how this links with their performance at school. It also examines the shift in learners' perceptions of literacy ...Read more
Author:Nthara, Ivy JebDate:2008This study arises out of an awareness of the history of Malawi' s language in education policy from the era of British colonialism to the present multilingual era. English is given a high status in schools despite the fact that many more ...Read more
Author:Kennedy, JacquelineDate:2006The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) (1998) report is a five-volume record of the voices of many victims and perpetrators of apartheid giving evidence of their experiences and suffering. It is encoded in sophisticated and often complex ...Read more
Author:Duymun, NaailahDate:2001The aims of this dissertation are to examine the situation of foreign, non-English speaking postgraduate students coming to UCT for their studies and to enquire if they have any difficulties in coping with English as the medium of instruction. ...Read more
Author:Beckett, TracyDate:2004This study used qualitative methodology for an analysis of the conversations of two communication-impaired bilingual elders diagnosed with a mild/moderate stage of Alzheimers's disease (AD). The aim of the study was to investigate the linguistic ...Read more
Author:Bangeni, AbongweDate:2001This dissertation explores the extent to which language and genre can be used to facilitate access for a group of first year students who have English as an additional language in the Humanities at the University of Cape Town enrolled in a ...Read more
Author:Vilakati, Annah PhindileDate:2001The study aims at assessing purists' and prescriptivists' concerns about language as reported in Western and non-Western settings, as to find out whether they share the same views about language correctness. The data base is a series of a ...Read more
Author:Mlotsa, Faith BusisiweDate:2001The study analyzes the discourse from online discussions in a Language and Communication Economics course at the University of Cape Town. The study critiques claims made by several researchers in Computer Mediated Communication that CMC as ...Read more
Author:Hleta-Nkambule, NonhlanhlaDate:2001This project concerns the way the radio programme "Khalamdumbadumbane" functions as non-formal education and influences discourses of femininity in Swaziland. I have engaged in critical research in an attempt to show how the media (more ...Read more