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The pedagogic relevance of Namibian literature in English

Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke; Gawas, Emelda U. (Namibia Educational Reform Forum Journal, 2023-08)

This article presents the pedagogic relevance of Namibian literature in English and describes the views of Namibian literature course facilitators and language students. Through in-depth interviews, the study team sensitised ...
The pedagogic relevance of Namibian literature in English at secondary and tertiary levels: A terminal research report submitted to the Institutional Research and Publication Committee (IRPC), NUST

Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke; Gawas, Emelda (Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), 2020-08)

This study examined the pedagogic relevance of post-independent Namibian literature assessing the texts selected for tertiary and high school studies and evaluating course delivery methodologies. The study engaged chiefly ...
A pedagogical stylistic evaluation of literature studies at Onawa Senior Secondary School, Omusati Region

Fillemon, Eliakim Mandume (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021-11)

This study examined the difficulties, importance, and methods of pedagogical stylistics in literature teaching and learning. The goals of this study were to assess the linguistic difficulties that arise when learning ...
Politicising and commercialising death and pain: An analysis of The Uncertainty of Hope, We Need New Names, and Kwezi - The Remarkable Story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo

Namupala, Justina Remember (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-10-31)

This study analysed the politicising and commercialising of death and pain in The Uncertainty of Hope by Valerie Tagwira, We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo and Kwezi-The Remarkable Story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo ...
The portrayal of Namibia and Namibians in selected crime fiction: Social reflections, ethnicity and race

Chindekasse, Ana Lourdes (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2021-10-04)

This thesis explored the portrayal of Namibia and its people in three Crime Fiction novels: Blood Rose by Margie Orford (2007), The Hour of the Jackal by Bernhard Jaumann (2011), and The Kupferberg Mining Company by Johan ...
Poster presentations

Tjiramanga, Alexandra (Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), 2008-05-23)
Pragmatic analysis of students' performance at the NUST.

Krishnamurthy, Sarala; Ithindi, Elina; Brewis, Alexander; Eiseb, Juliet (NUST, Department of English Communication., 2009)

Pragmatics has been described as the analysis of language taking into account the socio-cultural context in which it is used. In other words, it is the study of language of a particular region which reveals the influence ...
A pragmatic stylistics interpretation of The Rotten Apples of Jabula High School and Finders Keepers Losers Weepers

Iyambo, Josephine Abia Dhiginina (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-04-20)

The study sought to interpret Petrus Haakskeen’s plays titled ‘The Rotten Apples of Jabula High School’ (2001) and ‘Finders Keepers Losers Weepers’ (2000) through a pragmatic stylistics analysis. The study of pragmatic ...
A pragmatic stylistics investigation of speech acts in The Oracle of Cidino, Checkmate and The Bride and the Broom

Simasiku, Virginia Sepiso (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-06-15)

The study examines speech acts performed by the characters in three plays: The Oracle of Cidino by Francis Nyathi, Checkmate by Maria Amakali, and The Bride and Broom by David Storne Ndjavera. Recognising that misconceptions ...
A pragmatic stylistics study of Francis Sifiso Nyathi’S ‘Tears of fear in the error of terror’ and ‘The oracle of CIDINO’

Malakia, Aletta (Namibia University of Science and Technology, 2022-04-22)

The study is a pragmatic stylistic analysis of speech acts in two texts by Francis Sifiso Nyathi. The study of pragmatics is concerned with how language users interact, communicate and interpret linguistic behaviour (Chapman ...
Presentation: FH Joanneum

Tjiramanga, Alexandra (2018-12)

This presentation was part of a guest lecture on culture and diversity in the workplace at NUST given in December 2018 at FH Joanneum University of Applied Science, Graz, Austria.
Preserving oral traditions: Some reflections on students' performances during cultural festivals held at the NUST (Namibia's University of Science and Technology) from 2009 to 2012.

Makamani, Rewai (NUST, Department of Communication, 2013)

This paper analyses the role of tertiary institutions in the preservation of oral traditions and cultures in Namibia, with specific reference to cultural festivals held from 2009 to 2012 at the NUST. A number of institutions ...
Product-oriented communication: A linguistic analysis of selected adverts.

Kangira, Jairos (NUST, Department of Communication., 2009)

The language that is used in commercial advertisements in general often does more than just inform the public about products that are on sale; the language usually has an extra crucial task of trying to persuade potential ...
Reflections on the question of mother tongue instruction in Namibia.

Murray, Cynthia (NUST, Department of English Communication., 2007)

In recent years, the question of medium of instruction in education in African countries has become one of the crucial issues in research and discussion at many levels and in many fora. Since contexts, resources and social ...
Reflexive inquiry and reflective practice: Critical reflection and pedagogy in English language teaching.

Krishnamurthy, Sarala (NUST, Department of Communication., 2007)

There is an ongoing debate on learners’ poor performance in English at the NUST. The main challenge that the institution faces to train faculty is addressed by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) which has an Academic ...
Representation of time: A stylistic analysis of real and surreal elements in Joseph Heller's "Catch 22".

Krishnamurthy, Sarala (2009)

Surrealism is a movement that derives from psychology and embraces widely disparate genres such as art and literature. It has been defined as pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express either verbally, in ...
Research communication: Enhancing academic capital or Influencing educational policy in the Ethiopian higher education context?

Enyew, T. A.; Woldemariam, Haileleul Zeleke (The Literacy Research Development Centre of the University of Greenwich and the Middlesex University’s Institute for Work based Learning UK, 2017-12)

A prerequisite for evidence-based educational policy formation is the timely provision of scientifically solid and up-to-date information to policymakers. The extent to which such research is translated into policy action, ...
Rethinking survival: Metaphors of hope and peaceful conflict resolution methods during crisis times.

Mlambo, Nelson (NUST, Department of Communication, 2013)

This paper examines the role of imaginative literature in offering insights into various peace-oriented conflict resolution methods. Through a critical analysis of three short stories set in a dystopian Zimbabwean context ...
Review of the book Between yesterday and tomorrow: Writings by Namibian women.

Krishnamurthy, Sarala (NUST, Department of Communication., 2008)

This article reviews the book "Between yesterday and tomorrow: Writings by Namibian women", edited by Elizabeth Ikhasas.
Review of the book Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.

Mlambo, Nelson (NUST, Department of Communication, 2014)

This article reviews the book entitled 'Dust' by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, published in 2013 by Alfred A. Knopf.

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