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An analytical perspective on language learning in adult basic education and training programmes

Vaccarino, Franco Angelo (1999-01)

The Directorate of Adult Education and Training of the national Department of Education views Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) not merely as literacy, but as the general conceptual foundation towards lifelong ...
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 ...
Fossilisation in the written English of Xhosa - speaking students during the FET phase

Maliwa, Kaya Giveus (2009-08-25)

This study investigates error fossilisation in the written English of Xhosa - speaking students. It is hypothesised that there is no statistically significant difference in the language errors of two groups of Grade 10 ...
Mother Tongue : the use of another language and the impact on identity in Breyten Breytenbach's Dog Heart and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 's Matigari

Sundy, Deborah (2010-01)

This dissertation examines Breyten Breytenbach‟s memoir Dog Heart, and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong‟o‟s novel Matigari, with particular attention to the use of a mother tongue or another language in the texts, and whether these reflect ...
Overcoming the fear of speaking in a foreign language : a study of the role that selected humanistic techniques play in reducing language anxiety associated with oral performance in the TESOL classroom

Bowen, Amanda Deborah (2009-08-25)

The aim of this study was to investigate the role that humanistic techniques play in reducing feelings of language anxiety associated with oral communication in the TESOL classroom. Students in the experimental group ...
Reading habits and attitudes of Thai L2 students

Strauss, Michael John (2009-08-25)

This study investigates the reading habits of three Thai students between their early twenties to early thirties. Although the focus of interest is on their English reading, their reading habits in Thai and English, both ...
The role of English in the provision of high quality education in the United Arab Emirates

Watson, Deborah Theresa (2009-08-25)

The knowledge gap between Arabic nations and the developed world is widening. A contributing factor to the slow acquisition and production of knowledge is the use of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) as the language of instruction ...
The role of self-efficacy and atttribution theories in writing perfomance

Yayie, Wondwossen Demissie (2016)

In the last 20 years, various investigators have contributed valuable insights that shed light on the interconnected matrix of self-efficacy and attribution theories of motivation in instilling confidence and desire for ...
Teaching English as a second language: learning strategies of successful ESL learners

Warren, Philip James (2009-08-25)

The Huang and Van Naerssen (1987) survey in Southern China proved conclusively that the more fluent Chinese L2 learners ofEnglish used more communicative strategies than their not :fluent counterparts. This study was an ...

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