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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences and challenges of lecturers and students using English as the medium of instruction (EMI) for teaching and learning at a public technical and vocational education ...
This study explores the attitudes and perceptions of parents, teachers and the school governing body towards home languages as languages of learning and teaching, and their preference for using certain languages for teaching ...
This study affirms the contention that language is a tool that politicians use to construe their experiences of the world. Hence, Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistics, with focus on ideational meta function as a ...
This study explored first-year students’ perceptions and challenges of using podcasts and vodcast to enhance academic writing skills. Academic writing challenges faced by first-year students at an Open Distance e-Learning ...
Research indicates that a substantial number of students entering higher education institutions lack the foundational academic reading skills, strategies, and approaches necessary for meaningful engagement with texts in ...
This study discusses how the concepts of home and displacement are portrayed in the
selected novels of two Southern African writers: We Need New Names (2013) by
Zimbabwe born and USA based author, NoViolet Bulawayo, and ...
Several African literary texts and the critical responses to these texts have engaged extensively with the varied ways in which men and women have been both complicit in and active perpetrators of gendered oppression and ...
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education is becoming increasingly prevalent, and its encroachment and impact on online education and assessment is a topic of interest to
researchers and lecturers. ChatGPT is ...
Despite the expansion of e-learning and the adoption of innovative learning management systems to support students, higher education institutions are still struggling under the burden of digital exclusion, hence increasing ...
Sevnarayan, Kershnee(Published by Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, 2023)
Despite efforts to understand how social media platforms encourage student interaction, researchers have noted that there needs to be more research that focuses on using Telegram messenger as a means to encourage student ...
Over the past few years, we have witnessed immense advancements of technology which challenge conventional teaching methodologies. This paper analyses an open and distance learning university from two culturally distinct ...
Student evaluations are used frequently within higher education institutions, as lecturers are expected to respond to these in a way that improves course delivery and addresses students’ concerns. The purpose of this article ...
Sevnarayan, Kershnee(Departemen Kurikulum dan Teknologi Pendidikan Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 2022)
The pandemic has prompted the use of supplemental learning tools such as podcasts to become increasingly used to bridge the gap between lecturers and students. This paper argues that podcasting not only sharpens students’ ...
Sevnarayan, KershneeMohale, Ntshimane Elphas(Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta Indonesia, 2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged instructional methods of teaching and learning in
universities around the world. To bridge this instructional gap, many universities opted
to use digital technological innovations to reach ...