Browsing Faculty of Education by Author "Kerfoot, Caroline"
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Developing academic writing at the National University of Rwanda: a case study of first year economics and management
Kereni, Ildephonse (University of the Western Cape, 2004)This aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which writing skills offered in the one-year intensive English course and in the 75 hour course of Speaking and Writing Skills, prepare students for academic writing ... -
Exploring habitus and writer identities : an ethnographic study of writer identity construction in the FET phase at two schools in the Western Cape
Van Heerden, Michelle (University of the Western Cape, 2015)The purpose of this study is to investigate the writing identities constructed in the Further Education and Training (FET) Phase and the ways in which these identities either strengthen or impede academic writing at ... -
Factors affecting grade 8 learners’ performance in reading in english at a Cape Flats Secondary School
Petersen, Christa Titus (2009)In this mini-thesis, I explored the factors that affect grade 8 learners’ performance in reading in English.The study focused on reading as it was revealed by National Education Department and Western Cape Education ... -
Identifying academic reading strategies in a multilingual context
Cabinda, Manuel João José (University of the Western Cape, 2014)In this thesis I explore the complexity of FL (Foreign Language) reading through qualitatively and quantitatively analysing the forms, ways, and mechanisms applied by adult readers at tertiary university education level ... -
Language practices and identities of multilingual students in a Western Cape tertiary institution : implications for teaching and learning
Dominic, P. A. (University of the Western Cape, 2012)In South Africa, there has been little research into the language practices of multilingual students in tertiary institutions or into how such students negotiate identities in these globalising contexts where the dominance ... -
Multilingualism and identity in new shared spaces :a study of Cameroon migrant in a primary school in Cape Town
Jih, Tatah Gwendoline (University of the Western Cape, 2009)This thesis aims to explore the ways in which space patterns regimes of language use and language attitudes among Cameroonian immigrant children in a primary school in Cape Town. The presence of migrants in any classroom ... -
Positioning : a linguistic ethnography of Cameroonian children in and out of South African primary school spaces
Tatah, Gwendoline Jih (University of the Western Cape, 2015)This thesis traces the trajectories of a group of young Cameroonian learners as they engage in new social and educational spaces in two South African primary schools. Designed as a Linguistic Ethnography and using data ... -
Testing the waters: exploring genres in two English classes at a multilingual Cape Flats primary school
Van Heerden, Michelle (University of the Western Cape, 2008)The purpose of this study is to gain an understanding of current writing practices in the intermediate phase at a multilingual primary school on the Cape Flats and then to explore the possible benefits of a genre-based ... -
Towards English for academic purposes in the Rwandan context: The case of the first year of the Management Faculty
Kagwesage, Anne-Marie (University of Western Cape, 2001)This study investigates the extent to which the one-year English course that the National University of Rwanda offers equips Francophone students with the linguistic tools they need in order to cope with content subjects ...