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1	Language contact and interference in the acquisition of English proficiency by Bantu-speaking students Wissing, Robin John 11 1900 (has links) This study analyses the causes of error in the written english of black senior secondary pupils and teacher trainees. Using Error Analysis and Contrastive Analysis in a form known as Interference Analysis and covering a full range of grammatical, syntactical and lexical issues! erroneous items in English are compared with the same items in the learners' first language in order to isolate an identify such errors. Analysis of these errors shows which are due to direct interlingual transfer which are not completely attributable to direct transfer, and which are intralingual, the result of idiosyncratic language usage or merely mistakes rather than errors. While recognizing the degree to which Black learners' language habits have become fossilized and the extent to which standerdized errors form part of the English used by Bantu-speaking students, this study sets out to improve proficiency in English by explaining the the causes of error and by suggesting possible remedial approaches. / English Studies / M.A. (English) English proficiency Bantu-speaking students Error analysis Constractive analysis Idiosyncratic language 428.007068 English language -- Errors of usage
2	English second language learner's interpretation and appreciation of literacy texts :a South African case study of multiliteracy/multimodality Schoeman, Kristoff 26 April 2013 (has links) This dissertation seo out to investigate if use of visually symbolic representations in addition to the more traditional written methods of the key elements 9theme, setting, characterisation) of a short story would support South African ESL learners to grow in their interpretation and appreciation and appreciation of English literary texts. The assertion was that using a multimodal (verbal-visual) transmediated interpretation of the key elements (theme, setting, characterisation)of a short story might afford ESL learners a "deeper reading" (inferential comprehension and appreciation) of a literary text, and that the learners could also be supported to grow in their interpretation and appreciation of English literature. The research findings of the literary analysis project revealed that ESL learners with a "satisfactory" English proficiency can be supported by using transmediation to engage them in rich interpretations of literary genres to realise their interpretations linguistically in written academic eesays. / English Studies / M. A. ESL Code-switching Collaborative learning Mandala Multiliteracy Multimodal Multiliteracies pedagogy Short stories Transmediation verbal-visual 428.007068 Second language acquisition Multilingualism -- South Africa Mandala Short stories, South African
3	Language contact and interference in the acquisition of English proficiency by Bantu-speaking students Wissing, Robin John 11 1900 (has links) This study analyses the causes of error in the written english of black senior secondary pupils and teacher trainees. Using Error Analysis and Contrastive Analysis in a form known as Interference Analysis and covering a full range of grammatical, syntactical and lexical issues! erroneous items in English are compared with the same items in the learners' first language in order to isolate an identify such errors. Analysis of these errors shows which are due to direct interlingual transfer which are not completely attributable to direct transfer, and which are intralingual, the result of idiosyncratic language usage or merely mistakes rather than errors. While recognizing the degree to which Black learners' language habits have become fossilized and the extent to which standerdized errors form part of the English used by Bantu-speaking students, this study sets out to improve proficiency in English by explaining the the causes of error and by suggesting possible remedial approaches. / English Studies / M.A. (English) English proficiency Bantu-speaking students Error analysis Constractive analysis Idiosyncratic language 428.007068 English language -- Errors of usage
4	English second language learner's interpretation and appreciation of literacy texts :a South African case study of multiliteracy/multimodality Schoeman, Kristoff 26 April 2013 (has links) This dissertation seo out to investigate if use of visually symbolic representations in addition to the more traditional written methods of the key elements 9theme, setting, characterisation) of a short story would support South African ESL learners to grow in their interpretation and appreciation and appreciation of English literary texts. The assertion was that using a multimodal (verbal-visual) transmediated interpretation of the key elements (theme, setting, characterisation)of a short story might afford ESL learners a "deeper reading" (inferential comprehension and appreciation) of a literary text, and that the learners could also be supported to grow in their interpretation and appreciation of English literature. The research findings of the literary analysis project revealed that ESL learners with a "satisfactory" English proficiency can be supported by using transmediation to engage them in rich interpretations of literary genres to realise their interpretations linguistically in written academic eesays. / English Studies / M. A. ESL Code-switching Collaborative learning Mandala Multiliteracy Multimodal Multiliteracies pedagogy Short stories Transmediation verbal-visual 428.007068 Second language acquisition Multilingualism -- South Africa Mandala Short stories, South African

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