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What I was told : investigating how verbatim- and physical theatre can be combined to portray ethnographic research of gender performativity under female students at Stellenbosch University
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Verbatim-physical theatre presents the possibility for women’s stories, not only to be told, but to be heard, interacted and engaged with. This study investigates how verbatim- and physical theatre can ... -
Verlies, herlewing en oorlewing in Petra Muller se elegiese poesie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The themes of loss and mortality feature prominently in Petra Müller’s poetry, yet little or no research has been done on the subject. This thesis focuses on the elegiac element in Müller’s poetry, ... -
Vanth: An Iconograpical Study of an Etruscan Psychopomp
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Death and what happens to the soul when our bodies fail has enthralled humanity across the ages. No less so for the Etruscans. Vanth, a female daimon who acts as a psychopomp, is one of the most commonly ... -
Using technology and multimedia in Junior Secondary First Language creative writing skills development : new methodology to fit new literacies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the use of technology and multimedia in the development of Junior Secondary learners’ writing skills, asking specific questions about the changes in literacy that new technologies ... -
To buy or not to buy?: a psycholinguistic perspective on code switching in advertisements
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effects of language on consumer’s product evaluation and decision making. The main research questions of this study are “How does the presence of code-switching in advertisements ... -
A systematic analysis of the generalisation concept in early algebra for young learners – some ideas for the classroom
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The importance of introducing algebra concepts and skills in the early years of mathematics education, has become increasingly acknowledged as imperative for algebra success in the secondary grades of ... -
A social, environmental and political history of drought in Zimbabwe, c.1911 to 1992
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores eight decades of social, environmental, and political history of drought in Zimbabwe from around 1911, when the first major drought under colonial rule occurred, to 1992, which saw ... -
Representation of albinism and persons with albinism in narratives from East and Southern Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines representations of albinism and characters or subjects with albinism in a selection of literary and cultural texts set in, and from, East and Southern Africa. The analysis brings ... -
Reading the voices of a fractured Coloured elite : Coloured intellectuals and newspapers in the Cape, c. 1959-1966
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The history of Coloured politics, especially in the Cape, imbibed notions of race, belonging, identity and even linguistic or cultural distinctions. The rise of a Coloured elite who spoke “on behalf” ... -
Readiness for practice of newly qualified social workers: experiences of supervisors at social service organisations in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The readiness of newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) for practice appears to be a growing area of research, however, there is little focus on the professional identities of NQSWs, and a lack of relevant ... -
Randfigure as middels vir sosiale kommentaar in enkele werke van Pieter-Dirk Uys en Nataniel
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates Pieter-Dirk Uys and Nataniël as two theatre practitioners that used characteristics of satire, cabaret, and the creation of marginalised characters to deliver social and political ... -
The professional development of lecturers in a Higher Education Institution in Eswatini: A case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The quality of higher education teaching and student learning has now become a significant national and international concern. Calls for effective and quality teaching, student-centered approaches to ... -
Poverty as a ground of unfair discrimination in post-apartheid South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the advent of constitutional democracy, the project of transformative constitutionalism has had limited success in addressing structural poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa. The ... -
Postcolonial minoritarian characters : transformative strategies for re-mediating raced marginalisation in South African English fiction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation consists of a research component titled “Speak, Love” and a creative component, the original novel Time Will Tell. The research essay is informed by strategic postcolonial imperatives ... -
Origins, endings and the posthuman imperative in Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic fiction
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, I undertake an analysis of five primary texts in the post-apocalyptic and dystopian genres, namely: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Anthony Burgess’ ... -
Die ontwerp van ’n model vir ’n toepassing vir Afrikaanse uitspraak in ’n taakgebaseerde leer-en-onderrigprogram
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study focuses on designing a pronunciation application model for students of the modules Afrikaanse Taalverwerwing (Afrikaans Language Acquisition) 178 and Afrikaanse Taalverwerwing 278 of the ... -
’n Ondersoek na pedagogiese tolking vir Afrikaanstweedetaalverwerwing : ’n gevallestudie met US-studente
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the feasibility of pedagogical interpreting for the purpose of interaction in a task-based framework in SU students’ Afrikaans Language Acquisition classrooms. In this way, the value ... -
’n Ondersoek na die verband tussen taalangstigheid en taalaanleerstrategieë onder Afrikaanstweedetaalstudente aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study can be divided into two components, namely language anxiety and language learning strategies. Language anxiety refers to anxiety that arises when one is learning a second or a foreign language. ... -
Myth and counterfactuality in diasporic African women’s novels
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation focuses on the way in which a selection of novels by diasporic African women writers has, in different ways, engaged with myth in order to challenge dominant masculinist and essentialist ...
