Academic research

LitNet Akademies is LitNet's accredited academic journal. An extended English abstract is published with every article.

The use of gamification as a tool for vocabulary enhancement in a task-based programme for language acquisition classes

Petronella Genis, Elbie Adendorff Academic research 2021-06-14

"Through research it was established that gamification can most likely be used to succeed in learning the vocabulary of a foreign and/or second language. Finally, we concluded that gamification is a useful tool and teaching method, that it can be beneficial to university students by helping them to learn vocabulary, and that it assists and supports the language acquisition process."

Citizenship under construction: Aida and Rigoletto at the South African Republic Festival, 1971

Juliana M Pistorius, Hilde Roos Academic research 2021-06-04

"No costs were spared on the building of the Nico Malan Theatre where opulence abounded, while the government’s contribution to the cost of the Joseph Stone Auditorium was literally 1% of what they paid for the Nico Malan Theatre."

Bloemfontein as military headquarters in the second half of the 19th century, with special reference to the Reitz era, 1889–1895

Marianna Botes, André Wessels Academic research 2021-05-28

"The article clearly shows that although the OFS’s State Artillery was gradually expanded in the course of the second half of the 19th century and all the state’s presidents, including F.W. Reitz, took a keen interest in the defence of the OFS, it did not save the Boer republic from British conquest in 1900."

What is (not) a dictionary, and/or what is a dictionary not? The Woordelys of the Afrikaanse woordelys en spelreëls as a case study

Herman L Beyer Academic research 2021-05-24

"Therefore, the Woordelys is a dictionary, and, more specifically, a monolingual, synchronic, standard, orthographic dictionary. The AWS is characterised as a monolingual, synchronic, standard, orthographic reference source."

Hip hop, injustice and agency: Dookoom’s Isaac Mutant as Boland badman figure

Annie Klopper Academic research 2021-05-21

"The song’s lyrics and music video are therefore explored by considering the nature and ethos of hip hop as oral practice rooted in a long history of black oppression, and as one that plays a role in the creation of agency within these oppressive circumstances."

The use of total quality management in the adaptation of quality of delivery: a case study in private higher education

Liana Venter, Nelda Mouton Academic research 2021-05-18

"The central theme that emerged from this study confirmed that the acceptance of internal quality mechanisms and total quality management principles is essential for a private higher education institution. The three most important themes that emerged were compliance with the regulatory framework, institutional supply and quality management."

The exclusion of vicarious liability of employers in exemption clauses

Karin Calitz Academic research 2021-05-17

"Ultimately courts should in light of the importance of policy considerations underlying vicarious liability, develop the rules of the common law of contract in terms of section 39(2) of the Constitution."

Combatting learner challenges in a rural school: aspirational capital as navigation tool

Emma Groenewald Academic research 2021-05-11

"If learners know themselves and their communities, they can identify and use the necessary resources. It can be argued that these skills, abilities and knowledge can assist learners to hope and dream for a better future amid various challenges."

The spatial dynamics of poverty in South Africa: Assessing poverty using satellite technology and poverty maps

Ewert Kleynhans, Clive Coetzee Academic research 2021-04-26

"The results of the granular poverty maps developed in this research study suggest that poverty in South Africa is spatially clustered and not randomly distributed. Locations with high and low poverty are generally not in close proximity."

Foucault’s unique Orientalism

Johann Beukes Academic research 2021-04-23

"Perhaps the humbling lesson to be learned from both Foucault’s unique Orientalism and his problematic expedition to Iran in 1978 could be that 'intellectuals' have to be silent sometimes, in order to learn to speak."

The economics of the invaluable

Hercules Boshoff Academic research 2021-04-22

"If we are to understand the manner in which we can be transformed by an object and in turn what enables us to transform and work on objects, we can move closer to an enveloped notion of economics."

Centralisation and forbidden sex

Esias E. Meyer Academic research 2021-04-22

"The text of the Avesta also encourages incest, which is the main prohibition in Leviticus 18 and 20. If the authors of H thus knew about these Persian ideas, they were following the Persians by prohibiting anal sex and at the same time showing resistance to Persian ideas by outlawing incest."

Futuristic language, seed stories and ecocriticism in Alettie van den Heever’s Stof

Neil van Heerden Academic research 2021-04-20

"In the end, Stof also merely tells a story, but the novel suggests that human beings can construct new narratives which may have potentially far-reaching implications for our relationship with the non-human environment."

Teachers’ perceptions of Facebook and Gesels.net as e-learning environments: implications for emergency remote education

Christina Johanna (Christa) van Staden Academic research 2021-04-19

"Gesels.net was therefore designed and developed to serve as an eLE for South African teachers. Although individual teachers join both Facebook and Gesels.net, these tools have not yet been adopted by the staff of schools to establish schoolwide learning communities."

The concept of accommodatio with Christoph Wittich (1625−1687) and his Cartesian-rationalist approach to the Biblical text

J.A. Schlebusch Academic research 2021-04-13

"According to his understanding of accommodatio, God not only revealed God-self in accordance with the cognitive limitations of fallible humans, but also in accordance with the contextually bound ignorance, misconceptions and prejudices of the Biblical text’s original audience ..."

The role of non-academic mentorship in involving students from marginalised groups at a university – a case study

Jerome Joorst Academic research 2021-04-07

"The study shows that while good management and teaching can play a role, non-academic mentorship not only helps to bridge access, but also to build survival capital through recognition and productive engagement."

An investigation into parental support to primary school learners in writing skills and activities in low-income households

Bernie Plaatjies Academic research 2021-03-19

"If literacy is not mastered adequately, it can create endless learning problems for any child. This is especially evident in the case of learners from impoverished households."

A critical and narrative illumination of the biological aspects of the transgender phenomenon

Ockie Vermeulen Academic research 2021-03-08

"When one considers the open hostility from some congregations against non-heterosexual orientations, one cannot help but wonder what the attitude towards the transgender person would be. Would it be one of understanding? Would it be accepting and inviting?"

Willie Jonker and the Rustenburg confession – a shift to the left?

Gert Duursema Academic research 2021-02-25

"It will indicate that Jonker’s doctoral studies equipped him to convey unequivocally to the DRC the message of the Gospel concerning her policy of separate churches for separate ethnic groups."

Students’ experiences of different delivery modes in a postgraduate diploma in management

Alfred Henrico, Nelda Mouton Academic research 2021-02-23

"Overall, the qualitative results revealed that the differences in the participants’ experiences of teaching in the asynchronous online and mixed delivery modes revolved mainly around the way in which lecturers supported them to master the learning outcomes, as well as the teaching methods they were exposed to."

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