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Concerns about the accessibility of intellectual communication in higher education have arisen because of academic libraries' struggles with the physical space constraints brought on by an increasing volume of print ...
Academic literacy, particularly academic reading and writing is linked to academic achievement. Students attending university should possess the necessary language and academic literacy proficiency to succeed in their ...
The portrayal of death, grief, and loss in Sesotho poetry, which employs formalist theory as a theoretical framework for analysis and interpretation, is severely lacking in research. The theoretical significance of this ...
Language embodies the channel through which political beliefs and ideologies can be communicated. However, the extent to which this is manifested in the language used by politicians in inaugural speeches has not been ...
Public libraries are mandated to provide resources and services in a various media to meet the
diverse educational, informational, and personal development needs of individuals and groups.
Unfortunately, in the Limpopo ...
Translations of existing literature into other languages were one of the tactics employed by early authors to bridge the area that has not yet been explored or is under-explored in the literature of various African languages. ...
This study investigates the ways in which ceramic art expresses the trauma of pet loss. An ontological investigation, it focuses on the strong attachment bonds I have shared with my pets. The project aims to advance fresh ...
English is the global language of communication in technology, science, medicine, education,
business and the internet. Due to its importance, in recent decades many countries in EFL contexts
including Mozambique have ...
Translanguaging has emerged as a dynamic pedagogical approach in multilingual classrooms, particularly in contexts where indigenous languages intersect with dominant languages. In South Africa, the teaching and learning ...
Large populations of migrants flee from poverty in the African continent, and flock to South Africa. One of the socio-economic migrant groups that travel in numbers to settle in Johannesburg, South Africa for economic ...
This qualitative research investigates the limitations and challenges encountered by early childhood learners of English enrolled in public primary schools in Dhaka and Kolkata. Both cities, located in the eastern region ...
Students in higher education have to learn reading strategies in order to succeed in their studies. Reading is one of the four basic language skills that can lead to a successful academic career and productive personal ...
This qualitative study critically examined the phenomenon of language flux or decline
in Luambo lwa Musanda—the royal court language of the Vhavenḓa people. The
Vhavenḓa are among the African ethnic groups with a ...
This study explores the visual rhetoric employed in political cartoons depicting South African
presidents from the post-apartheid era (1994–2023), specifically through a social semiotic
lens. Drawing on cartoons published ...
Marito mo vutisa ma kongomisa eka loko ku vutisiwa nhlokomhaka mhaka yo karhi exivulweni. Riendli ri ri roxe a ri swi koti ku vutisa nhlokomhaka mhaka yo karhi kambe ri kota ku hi byela swokarhi leswi humelelaka exivulweni. ...
The Basotho people have shared a deep-rooted connection with plants since ancient
times, driven by their rich indigenous knowledge. This knowledge has enabled the
community to bestow meaningful names upon their native ...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to manage records in support of the claims management system at the Road Accident Fund (RAF) in South Africa. The convergent mixed ...
The present research explores an Academic Writing module (EAW101), which is offered under the Department of English Studies in a South African Open Distance e-Learning (ODeL) University. The EAW101 module is known for its ...
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are crucial in ensuring that the visually
impaired (VIPs) maximally benefit from services rendered by public libraries. Without ICTs, the
VIPs are disadvantaged in accessing ...