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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"First Language Speakers"”.
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Sepedi or Sesotho sa Leboa: A sociolinguistic perspective of first language speakers from selected South African Universities.
… the use of two different names for the same language, Northern Sotho viz.: Sepedi and Sesotho sa Leboa, from a sociolinguistic perspective of first language speakers from two selected South African universities, a university of technology in Pretoria (A) and a full-time university in Limpopo …
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Towards establishing the equivalence of the English version of the verbal analogies scale of the Woodcock Munuz Language Survey across English and Xhosa first language speakers
… a considerable challenge for English second-language speakers. In an attempt to bridge the gap between English as the main medium of instruction and the nine indigenous languages of the country and assist with the implementation of mother-tongue based bilingual education, this study focuses …
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The possible impact of a language rich format on the mathematics performance scores of Grade 8 learners
… in the performance scores of 89 Grade 8 English first language speakers when they attempted two sets of counter-balanced mathematics tests, each comprising of 17 items. After a preliminary pilot study, the main investigation proceeded through three phases, first two being quantitative and the …
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Developing an Electronic Tool for Cross-Cultural Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CCSCW)
… The factors were divided into a concordant (same language culture) group versus a discordant (different language culture) group. The other independent variable was the environment, whether they used the communication tool BlissChat, or in the ideal setting of face-to- face (FtF). The two culture …
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Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence: preliminary normative data for 12-15-year-old English- and Afrikaans-speaking Coloured learners in the Western Cape
… on the use of appropriate normative data. ... First, I set out to describe the development of a culturally and linguistically adapted version of the WASI suitable for use in English and Afrikaans first-language speakers. ...
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Primary school textbooks in Zimbabwe : an analysis in social context
… analysis of selected primary textbooks for language and gender related matters. It addressed the following questions: (1) Is the material presented as if the learners were first language speakers of English, the language of instruction? (2) How are girls and women portrayed verbally and …
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Listening Instruction and Teacher Cognition Underpinning the Skill in Iranian Private English Institutes
… than empirical evidence. Exploration of second language teacher cognition has also attracted the attention of many researchers over the last four decades. The majority of studies in this area have focused on grammar and literacy, and teacher cognition has not adequately addressed the skill of …
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Foundations for reusable and maintainable surface realisers for isiXhosa and isiZulu
Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems are used to generate text in order to reduce manual effort. Most existing systems are built to support European languages with simple and/or well-documented grammars. IsiZulu and isiXhosa, two of the largest South African languages by first language …
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Normative data for Frequency Patterns Test in assessment of Central Auditory Processing Disorders for South African children aged 8 to 11 years.
… developed from an American population of English first language speakers. In addition, many of the tests in the assessment battery have a high linguistic load. This raises a challenge in the South African population of first language English speakers and the majority of the population who are not …