Leveraging Language: Preliminary evidence from a language-based intervention at the University of Cape Town

Autor: Emma Whitelaw, Tessa Dowling, Samantha Filby

Publikováno v: Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 75-93 (2019)

This paper assesses the effectiveness of essay tutorials offered to first-year economics students at the UCT (University of Cape Town) in their first language (L1). All students in the study are first-language speakers of an African language. Firstly

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The language of Wakanda: An analysis of the use of isiXhosa in the Hollywood science-fiction film Black Panther

Autor: Ivankosi Babayi, Tessa Dowling, Rethabile Possa-Mogoera

Publikováno v: South African Journal of African Languages. 40:249-256

The focus of this article is to provide a linguistic description of the ‘language of Wakanda’ – a non-existent, fictional language that the makers of the Hollywood science-fiction blockbuster Black...

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https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2020.1855715

Complexities in the process of translating research documents in cross-cultural settings

Autor: Neil R Hassan, Leslie Swartz, Ashraf Kagee, Tessa Dowling, Anthea Lesch, Peter A. Newman, Anneliese de Wet, Zuhayr Kafaar

Publikováno v: Global public health. 15(6)

In multilingual societies, where researchers and participants often do not speak the same language, research is a challenge as a mismatch of understanding between researchers, research instruments and participants often occurs. Reporting on the trans

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31994442

Problems in the acquisition of Noun Class 11 among Xhosa children

Autor: Tessa Dowling, Derek Gowlett

Publikováno v: Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies; Vol 34, No 4 (2016); 289-309

While there has been research on the partial or complete merger of Noun Classes 5 and 11 in a number of Bantu languages, no study has focused specifically on the acquisition of Cl. 11 by Xhosa-speaking children. In this paper we test our hypothesis t

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https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2016.1259000

Leveraging Language: Preliminary evidence from a language-based intervention at the University of Cape Town

Autor: Samantha Filby, Tessa Dowling, Emma Whitelaw

Publikováno v: Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 75-93 (2019)
Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning; Vol 7, No 2 (2019): December; 75-93

This paper assesses the effectiveness of essay tutorials offered to first-year economics students at the UCT (University of Cape Town) in their first language (L1). All students in the study are first-language speakers of an African language. Firstly

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::5c91ce90d7e9b53324751d5bd1dd44e2
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v7i2.223