ABSTRACT The current study was carried out to investigate the following: firstly, the pragmatic competence of UNAM’s second-year Bachelor of Education Students majoring in English in selected speech acts, namely, the speech act of refusal, compliment responses and apologies. Secondly, the relationship between the pragmatic and grammatical competencies of the students was investigated. Lastly, it studied the factors that influence students’ pragmatic competence. The researcher intended to...
ABSTRACT The arguments presented in this study deal with the complicated factors associated with the formation of new identities in post-apartheid South Africa and Anglo-Saxon Protestant American communities. This study provides a comparative analysis of identity and belonging as portrayed in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye (1970) and Kopano Matlwa’s Coconut (2007). Furthermore, the study explores how identity and belonging relate to issues of standards of white beauty, self-loathing and ...
Abstract The debate about the need for a clearly defined policy on career development/progression in the Namibian Defence Force (NDF) has been widely discussed in the NDF since its inception in 1990. Although there is already an existing policy, issues related to career development/progression among the Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) in the NDF has not been clearly articulated. In light of these observations, a research study was initiated to explore and examine views and perceptions of th...
ABSTRACT In the contemporary world of advertising, the highly sexualised feminine figure sells products (Haugg, 1998). The study examines, through the theoretical lenses of Poststructural Feminism and Semiotic Theories, how women are projected sexually in mass media advertisements, specifically, pictorial perfume advertisements in Her and Vogue magazines. It examines how such ‘sexualised’ images and (re)presentations of the feminine shape public opinions and perceptions on/about gender a...
ABSTRACT This study explored the relationship between adult literacy and community development in Ghana from a social practices perspective of literacy and peoplecentred development. The study adopted an interpretive qualitative case study methodology, using the perceptions and experiences of research participants in two neighbouring communities. Primary data were collected using four ethnographic methods of data collection namely: in-depth interviews, participant observation, informal conver...
Abstract The impetus for this research is the well-documented current inability of Higher Education to facilitate the level of problem solving required in 21st century engineering practice. The research contends that there is insufficient understanding of the nature of and relationship between the significantly different forms of disciplinary knowledge underpinning engineering practice. Situated in the Sociology of Education, and drawing on the social realist concepts of knowledge structures ...
ABSTRACT Italian Undergraduate Students Comprehending Economics and Business Texts in English as a Foreign Language. A Case Study of Language-Conceptual Transfer and Strategies used in Reading Domain-Specific Texts. Christina Muriel Samson (February 2009) This study, within the Vygotskyian constructivist socio-cultural developmental framework, investigates the interdependence of general and domain-specific conceptual knowledge, cognitive and metacognitive strategies, attitude, motivation and ...
ABSTRACT Metaphors enrich a language and help people understand abstract or unfamiliar content. By linking abstract information to a concrete concept, it becomes easier for people to understand the information. This thesis is an investigation into the meaning of metaphors that appear in the editorials of the New Era newspaper. The purpose of the study was to examine the use and functions of different types of metaphors and how metaphors contribute to conveying the meaning of the message in t...
ABSTRACT This study critically investigated linguistic cross-pollination, or linguistic inter-influence, that took place when two mutually unintelligible languages (Silozi and English) came into contact for an extended period of time. The study specifically analysed how such contact affected both English and Silozi at the level of phonology, morphology and lexicon, as they were used interchangeably by Silozi speakers at tertiary institutions (IUM, NUST, and UNAM) in Windhoek. The study used ...
ABSTRACT There are many challenges in raising and caring for a child with special needs. Each barrier experienced is challenging in, and of itself for parents and caregivers. When a parent or caregiver learns that a child has a disability or chronic illness, it takes them on an unexpected journey that requires constant empathy and sensitivity, towards the child. These feelings are often filled with strong emotion and difficult choices. Children with special needs are framed within the discou...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore challenges faced by teachers in integrating Information and Communication Technology in the teaching of reading and writing in two rural and four urban primary schools in Namibia. Twenty-six English teachers teaching from grades 1 to grade 7 participated in the study. The main aim of the study was to investigate challenges faced by teachers when integrating ICT into their lessons. Lessons were observed and notes were taken. In addition, semi-...
ABSTRACT The academic study of engagement has its roots in studies of happiness and of burnout. Happiness consists of three distinct dimensions, namely, pleasure, meaning and engagement. The dimension of engagement is highly relevant to a working environment. The positive outcomes that have been linked to engagement have driven much of the research in this field. Living in an increasingly competitive world where performance and competitive advantage guide the thinking patterns it has become ...
ABSTRACT Small scale mining provided employment to many Namibians and has played an important role through throughout the mining history of Namibia (Namibian Mining Report, 2006). When independence dawned on Namibia in 1990, about 5% made up the total mining industry employment from the small-scale mining sector. This study main objective of this study was to determine the Chinese involvement in illegal small scale mining its impact and implications in Namibia. A quantitative c...
ABSTRACT This study explores the perceived impact of mass media campaigns in communicating information on HIV/AIDS prevention to in-school (ISY) and out-of-school youth (OOSY) in Oshana Region, northern Namibia. Mass media campaigns have become one of the acknowledged means for stemming the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Since the first case of HIV/AIDS was diagnosed in Namibia in 1986, HIV/AIDS has become the number one cause of hospitalisation and death among people of all ages and o...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate Intervention Learning Materials (ILM) to support Children with Susceptible Writing Difficulties (CSWD) improve their writing abilities. The ILM was designed and developed within the framework of Social Constructivist and Motor Learning theories. The Social Constructivist theory was used because knowledge construction is perceived to be more effective when the learners interact among themselves, with the learning materials and thei...