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L'écriture autobiographique comme herméneutique du soi dans les contextes interculturels: J.M.G. Le Clézio, Ken Bugul et Amélie Nothomb
(AFSSA, 2014)This article considers three autobiographical and autofictional texts, Ken Bugul's Le baobab fou (1996), Amélie Nothomb's Stupeur et tremblements (1999), and J.M.G. Le Clézio's L'Africain (2004) as a hermeneutics of the ... -
L'intégration d'une étudiante aveugle dans une classe de langue étrangère « traditionnelle » : défis et adaptations
(University of Pretoria, Dept of French, 2012)This article gives an overview of the adaptation process over a three year period following the enrolment of a blind student in the module "French as a foreign language" (FFL) at the University of the Free State (UFS). It ... -
Labyrinths and mazes as metaphors : some preliminary problems of definition and meaning
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Land tenure insecurity, vulnerability to climate-induced disaster and opportunities for redress in southern Africa
(OASIS, 2013)Land tenure is an important variable impacting on vulnerability to climate-related disaster. Land tenure insecurity is widespread in southern Africa and manifests itself in a number of ways that accentuate vulnerability ... -
The language editor's role in postgraduate research: a survey of supervisors' perceptions
(HESA / Unisa Press, 2013)This article presents the empirical findings of a study undertaken to compare the views of language editors and supervisors concerning the appropriate level of editorial intervention in the production of postgraduate ... -
LATE SUBMISSION: Moving to more than editing: standardised feedback in practice
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Leadership empowering behaviour, psychological empowerment, organisational citizenship behaviours and turnover intention in a manufacturing division
(AOSIS, 2015)The concept of positive organisational behaviour and/or positive organisational scholarship has received much attention in recent years (Avey, Hughes, Norman & Luthans, 2008; Cartwright & Cooper, 2014). Positive organisations ... -
Learners’ encounter with archaeological fieldwork: A public participation archaeology account of the East Fort Archaeological Project
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2017)Public Archaeology as a concept is generally defined as civic involvement during the various public phases of Cultural Resources Management. The practice of archaeology in South Africa seldom extends towards public ... -
Learning about the world: developing higher order thinking in music education
(North-West University, 2012)Innovative thinking is an innate human capacity geared towards adaptation and survival. Theories of education accordingly aim at developing teaching-learning strategies that promote creative, problem-solving reasoning ... -
Learning climate and workplace learning: does work restructuring make a difference?
(Hogrefe, 2016)In the current study, we propose that organizational learning climate in terms of facilitation learning climate, appreciation learning climate, and error-avoidance climate has the capacity to enhance employees' level of ... -
Learning climate scale: Construction, reliability and initial validity evidence
(Elsevier, 2014)The current study developed an instrument for measuring learning climate in organizations. A review of the organizational learning and facilitation of workplace learning literature resulted in three theoretically relevant ... -
Learning from experience: exploring the wellbeing of professional opera singers
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)In this pilot study, 46 professional opera singers were surveyed, exploring their physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. While most of the participants in this study were American, the other participants ... -
Leaving no one behind: can (Indigenous) education ensure effective gender mainstreaming in sustainable development programme?
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2017)The recent wave of financial predicament and challenge will, without doubt, push millions additional people into extreme poverty and lead to their involvement in other socio-economic and political vices. The implications ... -
Legal accountability for public school discipline – fact or fiction?
(Educational Asociation of SA (EASA), 2011)Educators, learners and parents/caregivers should be held accountable for instilling learner discipline through clear guidelines and limitations to achieve security at public schools. Two previously identified education ... -
Legal professionals’ views on pre-trial therapy in cases of child sexual abuse in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)The aim of this study is to report on a preliminary qualitative inquiry into the views of legal professionals in South Africa regarding pre-trial therapy for victims of child sexual abuse (CSA). Applying purposive and ... -
Lessons for Africa in economic policy reform: the Mauritius best practice case
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Levelling-out and register variation in the translations of experienced and inexperienced translators: a corpus-based study¹
(University of Stellenbosch, 2016)Explicitation, simplification, normalisation and levelling-out, the four features of translation proposed by Baker (1996), have attracted considerable attention in translation studies. Although the first three have been ...