Supervised by Dr Carolyn McKinney Research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand in partial fulfilment of the degree of Masters of Arts in Applied English Language Studies. 2007 ABSTRACT This research report engages with the concern that African learners attending English medium, multiracial schools are losing their proficiency in African languages. In so doing, the report explores the language practices of four multilingual Grade 9 learners at a desegregated
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Filipinos rarely read the Noli me tángere in the original Spanish, but it lives on in translation, a second life or afterlife, as Walter Benjamin puts it. During the American period, the first English translation, An Eagle Flight, based on the first French translation in 1899, was published in 1900. The second English translation, entitled Friars and Filipinos, appeared in 1902, and it was made by Frank Ernest Gannett, then secretary to Jacob Schurman, chair of the First Philippine Commission. Politics
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blocks of time in early years of child’s life which he absorbs certain characteristics of his environment to the exclusion of all others. This is called Sensitive Periods. A child possess sensitive periods for order, to experience the world using his five senses, sensitivity for small minute objects, co-ordination of movements, for language and to be in groups. During these Sensitive Periods if the child was not exposed
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complexity by widening its focus gradually. The author explains with clarity and precision the concepts and theoretical positions explored within each chapter and relates these to authentic examples of translated texts in a variety of languages, although a knowledge of English is all that is required to understand the examples presented. Each chapter ends with a series of practical exercises which provide the translator with an opportunity to test the relevance of the issues discussed. This combination
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Information dissemination is an old as man’s ability to communicate meaningfully and intelligently among people to differentiate human beings from animals. There had been some existed channels of making meaningful transfer of information in form, facets and useful ideas through diverse kinds of tangible and intangible media. Since most of these early channels of communication were predominantly physical, they came with lots of problems and difficulties. Imagine in
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Information dissemination is an old as man’s ability to communicate meaningfully and intelligently among people to differentiate human beings from animals. There had been some existed channels of making meaningful transfer of information in form, facets and useful ideas through diverse kinds of tangible and intangible media. Since most of these early channels of communication were predominantly physical, they came with lots of problems and difficulties. Imagine in
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Chapter 2 1. How many generations of computer hardware have evolved? What is one characteristic of each generation? There are five generations. First-generation used vacuum tube technology and they are bulky and unreliable. They generated too much heat. It is too hard to program. For the second generation, it used transistors. Compared to first-generation, they are faster, more reliable, and easier to program. Third generation combined integrated circuits. Their characteristic is small
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Chapter 23 Chi-Square Tests 23 Chi-Square Procedures The Chi-Square Formula The Chi-Square Critical Value Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test Chi-Square Test of Independence Cautions in Using Chi-Square Dr. Helen Ang studied the relationship between predominant leadership style and educational philosophy of administrators in Christian colleges and universities for her Ed.D. dissertation in 1984.1 Leadership Style was a categorical variable with the following five levels (with percentages
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Topic: Irony and humour in the novel “The Inheritance of Loss” by Kiran Desai. Irony and humour in the novel “The Inheritance of Loss” by Kiran Desai. Introduction The Inheritance of Loss, written by Kiran Desai is a grand narrative which encompose the socio- cultural milieu of India and Nepal. The novel discusses various numbers of themes from love to insurgency of youth. Through this novel, Kiran Desai tries to portray the inherent contradictions
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computer training and life skills workshops. The facility stimulates the work environment and offer training sessions that can help the youth be work ready for the “real” life work environments. During my experience with this program, I was an English and Math tutor and also did some office work here and there. These kids came from diverse cultural backgrounds. Most of them were local and part-Hawaiian kids and the rest were from Micronesia. All of these youths came from a broken home and some
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