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The accessibility of printed news to first language speakers of Xhosa
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This mini-thesis profiles some aspects realted to the accessibility of printed news to first language speakers of Xhosa. The major aim of this thesis is to investigate whether speakers of Xhosa do have access to printed ...
An investigation into English second language academic writing strategies for black students at the Eastern Cape technikon
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This study has been prompted by the negative remarks that lecturers make concerning the academic performance of students and the number of years they spend at the Eastern Cape Technikon before completing their diplomas. ...
Grammatical constraints and motivations for English/Afrikaans codeswitching: evidence from a local radio talk show
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The study investigated the practice of codeswitching within the Cape Flats speech community of Cape Town. Members of this speech community have always been exposed to both English and Afrikaans in formal as well as informal ...
Assessing patterns of language use and identity among Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This study explored Cameroonian migrants language use and the various language forms they use to manifest their identity. It also dealt with multicultural/multilingual people in an equally multicultural/multilingual society ...
Affective, cognitive and social factors affecting Japanese learners of English in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This research used diary studies and interviews with five Japanese learners of English to investigate the different affective, cognitive and social factors that affected their learning of English in Cape Town between 2004 ...
Academic writing as social practice: a critical discourse analysis of student writing in higher education in Tanzania
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
This thesis was a critical analysis of students academic second language writing at Sokoine University of Agriculture. Student writing in English as a second language in higher education has excited much interest in the ...
Language use and mode of communication in community development projects in Nyanza province, Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
The concept of community development is founded on the premise that changes in the living conditions of people are best effected by the people themselves. The term community evokes the idea of a homogeneous social group ...
A profile of multilingual skills of young adult Xhosa mother tongue speakers
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
In South Africa, a country with 11 official languages, bilingualism and multilingualism are common language features across the population. Out of this context popular and untested claims, relating to the extent and value ...