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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...