Browsing by Subject "English language"

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    • Case study of isiXhosa-speaking foundation phase learners who experience barriers to learning in an English-medium disadvantaged Western Cape school 

      Salie, Maimona; Moletsane, Mokgadi Elizabeth; Mukuna Kananga, Robert (Education Association of South Africa (EASA), 2020)
      In the study reported on here, we focused on the use of English as language of learning and teaching (LoLT) for isiXhosaspeaking Foundation Phase learners in a historically disadvantaged school in the Western Cape, South ...

    • Drawing the dark 

      Moolman, Kobus (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
      Day and night, night after night, deep in his prayer, he deliberated whether it was possible to draw the dark without ever looking at it.He had his head in his hands.His hands covered his eyes. His breath caught onwords ...

    • English: Language of hope or broken dream? 

      Clifford, Marian; Kerfoot, Caroline (Oxford University Press, 1992)
      In this chapter, the ESL approaches adopted by seven different literacy organisations in South Africa are described and analysed. The approaches are identified in relation to developments in the field of applied linguistics ...

    • Faded mountain 

      Moolman, Kobus (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
      A faded mountain at the edge of a threadbare field. Smoke and dust trudging the last rungs of a sky. And now a narrow dirt road that twists between snatches of shivering trees and snatches of shadow. Then a gasping ...

    • Kingsbury Hospital – ICU 

      Moolman, Kobus (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
      into the night the hospital sails noisy as an aircraft * and just as miraculous * somewhere beyond is a world bigger than this shining needle point but no window may be opened lest the weight of everything outside ...

    • Literacy teaching in disadvantaged South African schools 

      Chetty, Rajendra (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2019)
      This article analyses the experiences of teachers of literacy working in underprivileged communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. The purpose is to provide teachers in poorly resourced schools within economically ...

    • "Speak out" - issues in participatory materials development 

      Bock, Zannie (University of Stellenbosch, 1999)
      This article outlines the development of a beginner English course called 'Speak Out' for adults in Adult Basic Education and Training classes in the early 1990s. The course uses an innovative roleplay methodology which ...