Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Linguistics, Language and Communication) by Author "Antia, Bassey E."
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A multi-theoretical analysis of the dynamics and effects of terminology in Nigerian and South African high school textbooks on life sciences
Kamai, Richard Awoshiri (The University of the Western Cape, 2018)The performance of students in science subjects continues to be a source of concern in many African countries. In Nigeria and South Africa, one explanation frequently given has to do with students‘ proficiency levels in ... -
Multilingual teacher-talk in secondary school classrooms in Yola, North-East Nigeria: Exploring the interface of language and knowledge using legitimation code theory and terminology theory
Bassi, Madu Musa (University of Western Cape, 2021)It has been noted by Lin (2013) that studies on multilingual talk, as illustrated by code switching in the classroom, have been repetitive and descriptive, and have for a while not been underpinned by substantially new or ... -
Siding and ‘translanguaged siding’ in lecture halls: an ethnography of communication at the University of the Western Cape.
Forbes, Coral Joan (University of Western Cape, 2020)The study set out to investigate siding and translanguaged siding as an under-researched student-to-student communication which happen parallel to teaching. Lemke (1990) defines siding as student-to-student talk while the ...