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Beinvloedt een meer of minder sympathieke protagonist de transportatie van de lezer?
(Amsterdam University Press, 2019-11-01)Three previous studies into presenting a protagonist in a story as more or less sympathetic have not provided a clear picture of the effects that the portrayal of the protagonist may have on transportation, and via ... -
Furthering the aim of multilingualism through integrated terminology development
(Bureau of the WAT, 2007)This article aims at giving a brief account of how the activities of the Unit for isiXhosa, one of the five units of the Stellenbosch University Language Centre, contributes to the development of integrated technical ... -
Die impak van revisie op vertaalde eksamenvraestelle in 'n hoeronderwysomgewing
(LitNet Akademies, 2012-08)Die onakkurate vertaling van eksamenvraestelle in ’n hoëronderwysomgewing kan studentesukses benadeel, byvoorbeeld as die vertaling dubbelsinnig is of as onbekende terminologie gebruik word. Een van die metodes om vertalings ... -
The influence of conversational content on college students’ safe sex intentions : a mixed method approach
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2018-02-19)Even though health campaign designers are advised to specifically focus on triggering conversations between people about health issues, there is still a lot unknown about what aspects of a conversation may contribute to ... -
Some challenges of collaboration between academic literacies specialists and subject specialists : framing the difference
(Stellenbosch University, 2019)Collaboration between academic literacies (AcLits) specialists and subject specialists is still a significant issue in student support because AcLits practitioners now need to negotiate the advantages of both stand-alone ... -
Space, place, and power in South African writing centres : special issue in honour of Sharifa Daniels
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of General Linguistics, 2019)A writing center cannot define itself as a space—we’re often kicked out of our spaces. It’s not a pedagogy. We’re always re-articulating our pedagogy. It’s certainly not an academic department. It crosses all disciplines. ... -
The story against smoking : an exploratory study into the processing and perceived effectiveness of narrative visual smoking warnings
(SAGE Publications, 2019-08)Objectives: This study compared the effects of two types of health warnings on cigarette packages: ‘narrative visual warnings’, showing an image portraying people plus a corresponding slogan that could evoke a story-like ... -
Sweet temptations : how does reading a fotonovela about diabetes affect Dutch adults with different levels of literacy?
(Routledge, 2019)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Recent studies suggest that health-related fotonovelas—booklets that portray a dramatic story using photographs and captions—may be effective health communication tools, especially for readers with a low ... -
Using reflective pedagogy to improve writing consultant practice
(Stellenbosch University, 2019-11-01)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research note considers the potential of reflective pedagogy as a means to improve writing consultants’ practice. Through the use of literature and reflective examples, I illustrate how reflective ...
