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Teachability of collocations: The role of word frequency counts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies • Authors: Déogratias Nizonkiza --- School of Languages, Potchefstroom Campus, Kris Van de Poel --- School of Languages, Potchefstroom Campus,This study aims to gain insights into which collocations to teach at which proficiency levels by answering the following questions: (i) Of the Verb+Noun and Adjective+Noun types of collocations, which one is more difficult (and should therefore come at a... -
The accounting function of John Company’s Cape of Good Hope factory 1812–1813, during the second British occupation of the Cape colony – observations and comments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: De Ratione • Authors: J G Samkin --- Department of Accountancy,This paper reviews and makes observations on the accounting functions of the Cape of Good Hope factory of the English East India Company during the period 1812–1813. In particular, the accounting records maintained by the Cape factory are examined. By... -
The moving finger: Asian international hotel school students developing English language writing skills
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: • Authors: Peter Graham --- Stenden Rangsit University, Rattanakunakorn Building, 52/347 Muang Ake, Phaholyothin Road, Lak-Hok, Pathumthani, Bangkok, ThailandThe number of international English as a Second Language hospitality students completing their degree programs in Australasia has risen dramatically in the past decade. One factor that may be motivating students to undertake tertiary studies in Australasia is the expectation... -
Problem-based learning in the first or second language: Does it make a difference?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Dirk Humalda --- Stenden Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Wichard Zwaal --- Stenden Hotel Management School, Academy of International Hospitality Research, The NetherlandsProblem-based learning (PBL) is the key didactic approach in the curriculum of the Stenden Hotel Management School. Real-world problems are used to activate prior knowledge and to trigger a learning process aimed at expanding and elaborating students’ understanding and competences... -
Things Fall Apart and the Pedagogy of Adichie’s Single Story
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Eve Eisenberg --- English Department, USAThis essay undertakes a critical examination of the epistemological and pedagogical risks and rewards of teaching Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart in American secondary schools. I consider these issues from several different viewpoints. Recent research suggests that American students receive... -
Ostrich, Southern Ostrich or Common Ostrich? The ‘eternal vexed question’ of English bird names and name changes in southern Africa through eight editions of Roberts field guides, 1940–2016
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Eckhart J Buchmann --- Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaA set of stable simple common bird names helps non-ornithologist birders, who contribute to conservation by visiting protected areas and participating in citizen science projects. Changes in English bird names have caused discomfort in the local birding community, especially those... -
Occurrence of putatively resistant plantago in the winter rainfall region of South Africa: a survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Vhuthu Ndou --- , South Africa Ethel E Phiri --- , South Africa Frederik H Eksteen --- , Petrus J Pieterse --- , South AfricaGlobally glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide. The alternative in many cropping situations is paraquat. After many years of success, neither herbicide could control plantago (Plantago lanceolata L., also ‘English plantain’) in Robertson. A survey was carried out by... -
Kiswahili-medium and English-medium primary schools: Teacher views on key contrasts
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Danstan Dioniz --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Mwajuma Vuzo --- University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Jafari Abdala --- University of Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaIdeally, Kiswahili-medium primary schools and English-medium primary schools should only differ in the languages that are used as the media of instruction. It is expected that when parents enrol their children for primary education, they should choose between Kiswahili-medium primary... -
Political economy of languages in South African higher education
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Kealeboga Aiseng --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThis study examines the political economy of languages in South African universities, focusing on the sustained dominance of English and Afrikaans despite policy shifts promoting multilingualism. While some institutions have taken steps to incorporate indigenous languages into their teaching frameworks,... -
Lexical borrowing and semantic changes in the Chasu speech community of Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Rafiki Yohana Sebonde --- University of Dodoma, TanzaniaIn Same District, Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, there is a long-lasting contact situation with Chasu, Kiswahili and English languages. As a result, Chasu has frequently borrowed new terms and concepts from Kiswahili and English. Other studies on Chasu have concentrated on... -
Exploring the interplay of local language(s) and transformation to facilitate communication and change in (South) Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Mogomme Alpheus Masoga --- University of the Free State, South Africa Allucia Lulu Shokane --- University of Zululand, South AfricaThis research explores local language(s) and transformation as key facilitators of a dynamic interplay between the power of communication and the capacity for change. It is argued that language serves as a multifaceted tool that not only conveys thoughts and...