• Investigating past tense errors committed by Grade 10 English First Additional Language learners in Tshinane Circuit, Vhembe District 

  Thivhafuni, Takalani Jane (2023-10-05)

  This study was aimed at analysing the written past tense errors of irregular verbs committed by Grade 10 English First Additional Language (FAL) learners, in five selected schools in Tshinane Circuit, Vhembe District in ...
• Investigating the use of conjuctions in essay writing by selected second-level non-native English students at a South African University 

  Ligege, Mutshidzi (2023-10-05)

  In academic writing, writers must use appropriate language to articulate their ideas. This includes using appropriate conjunctions to present a comprehensive and logical piece of written work. Therefore, this study ...
• Register competence in academic writing: a case study of Third-Level English Students at the University of Venda, Limpopo Province 

  Zitha, Innocent (2023-10-05)

  The use of unsuitable registers has been a critical concern with students at universities, colleges, and in English Second Language (ESL) contexts. While the appropriate use of registers is essential for coherent spoken ...
• Aspects of Written English Language Errors Made by Level-One Students in a South African University 

  Demana, Vincent Ndishunwani (2023-05-19)

  Several researchers have raised concerns regarding the perpetual decline of the standard of English proficiency of South African university students in their written production. To be able to cope with university studies ...
• Attitudes of youth towards television news broadcast in the indigenous african languages: the case of students at the University of Venda 

  Sathekge, Suzan Manki (2022-07-15)

  On average, youth in South Africa are more inclined to watch and listen to news broadcast in English language than in indigenous African languages. This trend is likely to contribute to underdevelopment, and extinction of ...
• Misappropriation of adjectives by Grade 7 non-native English language learners: A case study of four independent rural primary schools in Manombe Circuit, Mopani District 

  Ticharwa, Addmore (2022-07-15)

  The study aimed to present an analysis of adjective errors committed by Grade 7 non-native English Home Language Learners, with a special focus on independent rural primary schools in Man’ombe Circuit, Mopani District. ...
• Evaluation of sentence construction in English essays: A case study of Grade 10 learners of Malamulele Northeast Circuit 

  Khosa, Mzamani Steven (2021-06)

  Sentence construction in essay writing seems to be a problem that students face in secondary schools. This has been shown consistently in English First Additional Language Paper 3 examination results. Hence, the purpose ...
• (Re)constructions of the Self and the Nation in Selected Auto/biographies of South African and Zimbabwean Women 

  Mujakachi, Mercy Precious (2021-11-19)

  This thesis examines and interrogates auto/biographies of six African women in the ways in which their selves and the nation are constructed. The selected autobiographies and biographies are largely by and about African ...
• Exploring vocabulary teaching competencies Grade 10 English First Additional Language teachers of Thohoyandou Cluster in Vhembe East District 

  Nndwamato, Ndivhudzannyi Michael (2021-03-02)

  Teachers of English First Additional Language are critically important in the learners’ vocabulary learning trajectories. Learners need a significant vocabulary repertoire for their academic commitments, comprehension of ...
• Violent Crimes in Selected Post - 2000 South African Novels 

  Masete, Ditshego (2021-06-23)

  Through an examination of Angela Makholwa’s Red Ink (2007) and Black Widow Society (2013), Deon Meyer’s Blood Safari (2009) and Trackers (2012), Margie Orford’s Daddy’s Girl (2009), and Water Music (2013), Sifizo Mzobe’s ...
• A Study on multimodal affordances and the interpretative perspectives of level 300 Media Studies Students 

  Sikitime, Thifhelimbilu Emmanuel (2021-06-23)

  Multimodal representation is a pervasive feature characterising contemporary communication practice. Immersed in a visual culture, contemporary students and digital natives are as a result inundated with a plethora of texts ...
• Range and variability of reporting verbs in Doctoral Theses of Humanities students 

  Banini, Shirley Eli (2021-07-23)

  This study examined the occurrence, use, and function of reporting verbs in the literature review sections of fifty-two (52) doctoral theses written by students in the Humanities, examined and passed by the University of ...
• Analysis of English language errors in the writing of second year students in a Ghanaian university 

  Mandor, Evelyn Joyce (2021-06-23)

  The writing of undergraduate students in universities across Ghana has been described as pitiable by many researchers. To be able to communicate effectively and succeed in an academic discourse community, a student requires ...
• Hedging in the multidisciplinary postgraduate theses of students in a Ghanaian University 

  Oyewale - Johnson, Dorian Odolina (2021-06-23)

  Research on hedging in recent times has concentrated on works of expert writers to the exclusion of neophytes in academic writing. The limited research on hedging in students’ academic writing could thus impede language ...
• (Dis)Locations, (Dis) Placements and (Un) Belonging in Zimbabwean White Farmer's Auto/biograhies 1995 to 2010 

  Tshuma, Pios (2021-06-23)

  This study interrogates white auto/biography and exposes the ambivalences, ambiguities, paradoxes and dilemmas that arise in the claims for belonging and the premises for the authority behind such claims. It gestures to ...
• Readability index assessment of non-prescribed supplementary English language textbooks selected Ghanaian Private Senior High Schools 

  Vera, Esenam Fordjour (2021-06-23)

  Considering students’ reading level when choosing text is a crucial decision for teachers and authors to make if, their goal is to get their readers to read with ease and comprehend the text that match their readability ...
• Zimbabwean short stories in English: An Exploration of Post - 2000 Narratives 

  Sibanda, Nhlanhla (2020-07-10)

  This thesis explores selected post-2000 Zimbabwean short stories in English from edited and individually authored anthologies dealing with what has been called the Zimbabwean crisis. An upsurge in the publication of these ...
• The choice of English as a language of learning and teaching (LOLT) in selected public primary schools of Vhembe District 

  Mudau, Angeline Thikhathali (2019-09-20)

  The study investigates why English is chosen as a language of learning and teaching by School Governing Bodies in selected public primary schools in Vhembe District. Historically, only English and Afrikaans were regarded ...
• An exploration of the implementation of language policies for community radio stations in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province 

  Mashau, Pfunzo Lawrence (2019-09-20)

  The question of the use of languages in radio broadcasting is of particular importance in multilingual communities in Vhembe district of Limpopo province. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) ...
• Exploring Grade 11 English first additional learner's competence in the use of tenses: a case study of selected schools in the Vhumbedzi Circuit, South Africa 

  Nephawe, Farisani Thomas (2019-09-20)

  Learning English as a second language by the South African learners studying English First Additional language (EFAL) presents many challenges, such as poor competence in the use of tenses, because of the differences between ...

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