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Theses and Dissertations (Language Education Arts and Culture): Recent submissions

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The impact of mobile reading devices on the reading habits of a group of adolescent learners in Zimbabwe

Bachisi, Ivan (2021-02)

The pace of technological advancement and growth in the twenty-first century continues to soar at unprecedented levels and beyond human imagination. As the fourth industrial revolution unfolds, it has become increasingly ...
A wiki-based process writing approach to academic writing in an ODL institution

Sehlodimela, Catherine Tshegofatso (2020-11)

Writing, an important academic skill for university students to acquire, becomes more important in a distance education institution where assessment is primarily on written work. Successful teaching and learning practices ...
The role of English academic vocabulary on reading comprehension of grade 11 English First Additional Language learners

Zano, Kufakunesu (2018-06)

In this thesis, the researcher used an explanatory sequential mixed methods research design to investigate the role of English academic vocabulary on reading comprehension of grade 11 English First Additional Language ...
Evaluating the effect of academic literacy intervention programme on the SATAP English scores of first year students at a university in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Ludidi, Yolisa Yolande (2015-02)

The effect of the academic literacy intervention programme on the SATAP English scores was evaluated. This study begins as a longitudinal study in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology (FSET). 120 subjects ...
An investigation into lemmatization in Southern Sotho

Makgabutlane, Kelebohile Hilda (1996-01)

Lemmatization refers to the process whereby a lexicographer assigns a specific place in a dictionary to a word which he regards as the most basic form amongst other related forms. The fact that in Bantu languages formative ...
Afrikaans : 'n ideologiese besinning in 'n multilinguistiese Suid-Afrikaans bestel

De Wet, Johannes Petrus (1997-06)

In this dissertation the ideology behind the debate on the position of Standard Afrikaans in the new, multilinguistic South African dispensation with eleven official languages is examined from a psycholinguistic ...
A comparative phonological and morphological analysis of the North and South Lala dialects of Tekela Nguni

Zungu, Elphas Mphunyuzwa (1999-12)

This research work has several aims, demanded by a number of external and internal factors. First of all, it aims to identify Lala: whether it is simply a dialect of Tekela- Nguni, or perhaps the substratum Bantu language ...
Communicative language teaching in Ciskeian secondary schools

Weimann, Alan Gilbert. (1996-12)

English Second Language {ESL) teaching has undergone noticeable changes in recent years. One such change, based upon current second language teaching theory, has been a striving for authenticity and relevance in ESL ...
Buried narratives : representations of pregnancy and burial in South African farm novels

Anthony, Loren Estelle (1998-11)

This dissertation examines the way in which South African colonial texts may be read for the historical signs they inadvertently reveal. The history of land acquisition in South Africa may be read through the representation ...
Die valensie van bewegingswerkwoorde in Afrikaans

Van der Merwe, Amanda-Marie (1999-06)

Twee sentrale probleme word hier ondersoek, naamlik die daarstelling van 'n teoreties adekwate model om leksikale valensie te verreken en die problematiek rondom die beskrywing van Afrikaanse bewegingswerkwoorde. Die ...
The Pai language of Eastern Mpumalanga and its relationship to Swati

Taljaard, Petrus Cornelius (1997-01)

This thesis is a comparative study of Pai and Swati. The Pai language is spoken in the easten1 parts of the Mpumalanga Province of the Republic of South Africa. The study concentrates on the correspondences and differences ...
The dependency relations within Xhosa phonological processes

Podile, K. (Kholisa) (2002-06)

The dissertation examines mainly segmental assimilatory processes of Xhosa phonology within the dependency framework. This model is a multi-faceted approach which involves hierarchical organisation of features into larger ...
Resultatiewe voorwerpe in Afrikaans

Bothma, Mariana Theodora. (1995-06-15)

Because of the variety of relationships which exist between transitive verbs and their objects, all direct objects are not comparable with one another. One class of object, however, which stands by itself and which is ...
An Analytic-critical reflection on an integrated arts education curriculum in a multicultural South Africa

Nevhutanda, Ntshengedzeni Alfred (2000-12)

The structure of an education system and its curricula reflects the influence of a specific paradigm. Since the onset of colonial rule and apartheid in South Africa about everything in the South African society, including ...
A descriptive analysis of the morphology of the Tshiguvhu dialect of Venda

Mulaudzi, Phalandwa Abraham (1996-01)

In this study an attempt is made to describe the morphological apects of Tshiguvhu. In chapter 1, it is indicated that historically, there was extensive early contact between Vhaguvhu and Balobedu and Tlokwa. In ,chapters ...
Parameters van die indirekte voorwerp

Murphy, Marianne Elizabeth (1995-11)

Tradisioneel is aanvaar dat die indirekte voorwerp nie in Afrikaanse stelsinne kan optree sander die voorkoms van 'n direkte voorwerp in dieselfde sin nie. Hierdie ondersoek het aan die lig gebring dat sekere voorwerpe wat ...
Teaching English as a second or foreign language to adults in Qatar: exploring gender differences in language acquistion

Rousseau, Riana (2014-04)

This study was conducted to explore gender differences in language acquisition of adult male and female learners in Qatar. With globalization, English is no longer exclusively being used by the traditional English-speaking ...
A morphosyntactic analysis of ambiguity of mood in Dholuo : minimalist programme aproach (1995)

Suleh, Everlyn Achieng' (2014-05-20)

This thesis is a qualitative study of mood and ambiguity in Dholuo, a Nilotic language spoken in western Kenya. It also examines the content of the verb phrase (VP) and the role of tone in the expression of mood in Dholuo. ...
English second language learner's interpretation and appreciation of literacy texts : a South African case study of multiliteracy/multimodality

Schoeman, Kristoff (2013-04-26)

This dissertation seo out to investigate if use of visually symbolic representations in addition to the more traditional written methods of the key elements 9theme, setting, characterisation) of a short story would support ...
Furthering the education of young adults : an analysis of Statistics South Africa's internship programme

Van der Berg, Gwendoline Hilary (2012-02)

The purpose of this study was to analyse the effectiveness of Statistics South Africa's internship programme in developing the statistical skills of interns. A mixed method approach which included semi-structured interviews, ...

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