Academic research
LitNet Akademies is LitNet's accredited academic journal. An extended English abstract is published with every article.
Translation and language acquisition – a literature review on the translation of interlingual subtitles
2020-06-19"There is a place for translation in the language acquisition classroom, but it is not the only approach, method or resource tool that can be used."
Resilience in the single-mother transracial family
2020-06-18"Families in which there is an adopted child of another race are confronted by all 'normal' adoptive family crises, while they also need to handle crises that arise from transracial adoption."
Charles Parham, William Seymour and South African pentecostalist racism
2020-06-17"The point of departure is that South African racism did not receive a deathblow with the arrival of a democratic South Africa in 1994, as many people had hoped."
The positive reception of Seneca's doctrine of providence during the Protestant Reformation as narratively sanctioned
2020-06-15"The positive appreciation of Seneca’s doctrine of providence was an outstanding example of the Reformers’ theological and philosophical appreciation of pre-Christian paganism."
AARTO: Adjudicating of traffic offences or disallowing access to justice?
2020-06-15"The limitations imposed on the right to a fair trial and access to the courts cannot be justified as reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society as envisaged in terms of section 36(1) of the Constitution."
Investigating Christian poetry in Afrikaans with reference to the anthology Die mooiste Afrikaanse Christelike gedigte (2017)
2020-06-11"Various interpretations of what constitutes religious poetry exist. Should any poem that has some or other religious implication be classified as a religious poem?"
Lecture podcasts in English and Afrikaans: A more inclusive strategy
2020-06-10"From the data analysis it can be inferred that, in an ideal world, students would prefer instruction in their home or first language but, as students indicated, since most learning resources, such as textbooks, YouTube videos, journal articles and websites are in English, it involved more work to study in Afrikaans."
A critical consideration of Winfried Lüdemann’s theorisation about a musical dialogue of reconciliation
2020-05-25"With his theorisation about a musical dialogue of reconciliation, Lüdemann formulates a methodology – or even a blueprint – of social cohesion that propagates the organised protection of post-apartheid South Africa’s music-cultural diversity."
What is citizenship education meant to “fix” and what are the aims of this subject?
2020-05-21"In essence, CE is a specialised form of pedagogy aimed at equipping young people for their total existence and functioning as integral future members of their communities, nation-states, political regions and the wider world."
Reading the Bible with simplicity: Francis of Assisi’s (c. 1181–1226) spiritual reading of the Bible
2020-05-12"Francis’s approach to the Bible is mirrored in his approach to life. Francis admonished people to live with simplicity and even in poverty, and thus the Bible should also be read in a simple manner."
Postcolonial leadership? The challenges facing a new generation of theologians
2020-04-29"Leadership in Christian faith communities is inherently a spiritual matter and therefore leaders should not take lightly the power they have to influence others’ behaviour and actions."
The role and experiences of teachers in the development of health literacy in secondary schools
2020-04-29"This period and environment decidedly offer ideal opportunities to stimulate critical thinking and to focus learners’ attention on cultivating sound health literacy practices."
Is illness God’s punishment? Theological perspectives from the Bible and the Apocrypha
2020-04-23"It is asked what the possible impact of these biblical views might be on society today, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath."
Omnium expetendorum prima est sapientia: Hugo of Saint-Victor (1097–1141) and the problem of hyperspecialisation in the contemporary concept of science
2020-04-09"The problem of hyperspecialisation in contemporary science is critically interpreted within this historical framework, with reference to hyperspecialisation as tempo-intensified specialisation, as the logical consequence of inductive specialisation and as focused on the prioritisation of the mechanical."
Contextual influences on school principals: A case study in Gauteng schools
2020-04-06"Principals, as education leaders, are entering an unknown future, but they must nevertheless be clear about the outcomes that they are striving for."
Postcolonial feminism in Afrikaans poetry: The debuts of Ronelda S. Kamfer, Shirmoney Rhode and Jolyn Phillips
2020-03-26"Not only do these voices speak for themselves in own, individualised terms, they introduce a feminist approach to Afrikaans poetry which gives a voice to marginalised women from all races."
Appraising internal controls, the gatekeeper that prevents fraud during the tender stage of procurement cycles
2020-03-24"This article is intended to demonstrate that fraud is committed in the procurement cycle when internal controls are sidestepped or when the internal control system in an organisation is ineffective."
The evaluation of organisational culture and leadership as building blocks of strategic management with a view to optimising service delivery in the South African Police Service
2020-03-24"The vision, mission and values statement of the SAPS clearly indicates that the police must be transformed into an organisation that delivers accountable service and is bound to act within the values of a democratic society."
Personal-name-giving among the Xhosa speakers of South Africa
2020-03-18"As the name carriers grow up, they become aware of the positive qualities their names represent, and strive towards fulfilling those qualities."
A life buoy environment for successful learning of matric learners in conditions of multiple deprivation
2020-03-09"Research findings elicited details of learners’ debilitating home and environmental conditions and of the teaching and learning actions by the school management team and teachers to prepare matric learners adequately for the final examination."
