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Trauma, injustice and identity: investigating an egalitarian and autoethnographic approach to analyzing students’ personal language narratives
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
The aim of my research is twofold: to analyze the discourses of affective trauma, injustice and identity in the personal language narratives of the Academic Literacy (AL) students enrolled in University of the Western ...
An investigation of language learning agency in English for academic purposes: The case of the Malawi University of Science and Technology
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
There is general recognition regarding the importance of English for Academic
Purposes (EAP) courses in assisting students acquire academic discourses appropriate
to specific disciplines of study. However, undergraduate ...
An investigation of language learning agency in English for academic purposes: the case of the Malawi University of Science and Technology
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
There is general recognition regarding the importance of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses in assisting students acquire academic discourses appropriate to specific disciplines of study. However, undergraduate ...
Language brokering and identity construction: Exploring immigrant children's language practices in a multilingual South African context
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
The purpose of the research was to examine the relationship between identity construction and English second language (L2) learning through language brokering. Its focus was on how immigrant children served as language ...
Improving Pre-Service Teacher Development Practices in English as a Second Language: A case of Secondary School Teacher Preparation at Great Zimbabwe University in Zimbabwe.
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)
Ordinarily, Teacher Development at the level of Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) at Great
Zimbabwe University (GZU) comes in two major phases spread over four years - the
theoretical and the practical based phases. The ...
An analysis of english academic writing in a Libyan university
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This study explores English academic writing in a Libyan university. The results show a
number of challenges and issues that Libyan university students experience in using
English for academic writing. The study suggests ...
Assessing student in English for academic purposes: The role of alternative assessment tools in writing instruction
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study aims to investigate the assessment of students in the English for Academic Purposes course at the University of Namibia Language Centre. There has been increasing criticism of standardised test and examinations ...
Investigating first-year student teachers’ English (l2) academic writing proficiency and its impact on identity construction: A case of a South African university
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study focuses on first-year student teachers’ academic writing proficiency in relation to their
identity construction. Specifically, it investigates first-year student teachers’ English secondlanguage
(L2) academic ...
Investigating the english language proficiency and communication skills of first-year education students at the khomasdal campus of the university of Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
This research investigates proficiency in English and communication skills among first-year education students at the Khomasdal Campus of the University of Namibia. Drawing on the Interactionist Theory and the Constructivist ...
An investigation of a socio-culturally and linguistically responsive teaching model: a case of english as a second language (ESL) teachers in a senior primary school of ||Kharas region in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
This study aims to investigate a culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy (CLRP) in
the English as a Second Language (ESL) classroom. The pedagogy advocates for language
instruction that is relevant to the ...