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"The second-language lecturer can make minimal use of translation, especially for difficult words or terminology, as it helps the students to be less anxious. Short translation activities can be given to students to assist them with vocabulary learning on a weekly basis or every other week."

"Die dosent kan vertaling in die tweedetaalklaskamer gebruik, veral vir moeilike woorde en terme, want dit help om die studente minder angstig te laat voel en sodoende word die studente deur die ontspanne atmosfeer aangemoedig en gemotiveer om deel te neem."

LitNet: Q* lui ’n nuwe era in

Donker Delia, soos haar vriende haar noem, glo nie in die liefde nie. Sy bewaar haar hart veilig agter ysmure, nes die planeet Saturnus waarna haar geboortedag, Saterdag, vernoem is. Toe sy haarself een Saterdag op Valentynsdag op ’n troue bevind, ontmoet sy vir Phoebe.

Onthou jy nog immergroen Afrikaanse kinderrympies soos “Trippe trappe trone”, “Allawiek, allawak, ons gaan pannekoek bak” en “Tara-rara boemdery”? Hierdie omvangryke, pragtig geïllustreerde versameling klassieke Afrikaanse rympies beloof ure se pret vir jonk en oud!

Die idee vir hierdie pragtig geïllustreerde boek het gespruit uit die behoefte wat die skrywer gehad het om kennis aan kinders oor te dra oor wesens, soos insekte, wat hul omgewing deel. Hierdie prenteboek lei kinders se denke in ’n rigting oor hoe om hierdie klein wesens te respekteer.

It’s wonderful me! is the long-awaited book towards once again reconnecting young South Africans with their heritage. This children’s book is a rich portrait of the Zulu culture and life in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

"Word skoliere nog genoegsaam op skool voorberei om nie net verstrooiingslektuur te lees nie, maar ook meer ingewikkelde, literêre romans en poësie? Wat is die situasie by universiteite? Wie is die volgende Louise Viljoen? Gaan Jean Meiring weer terugkeer? Is koerante en tydskrifte nog die teelaarde vir kreatiewe skryfwerk?"

A book of affirmations that highlights each of South Africa’s eleven official languages [and] is a love letter to children (especially Black, Indigenous, and people of colour) in South Africa honouring their magic, worth and power.

Award-winning poet Jacques Coetzee will be reading in Gqeberha on 5 December when the Ecca Poets will launch their new collection, The salt of being.

A transgender Roman emperor? Why were there no bedrooms in Caesar’s palace? How about an emperor who may have worn more shoes than Imelda Marcos? Is democracy better than a benign dictator? These are but a few of the hot topics Mphuthumi Ntabeni teases out of Mary Beard during an interview in Cape Town.

Tony Jackman interviewed Marita van der Vyver on her novel Still breathing and her memoir A long letter to my daughter. What is it like to get older? How does one hold an entire cast of characters in one’s hand? Are her characters based on real people? How does it feel to dream in a language that differs from the one your daughter dreams in?

"en droom
van die stil nag
se soete rus"

"Bloeiende sonsak  
Brekende wit lig  
Bring die einde aan die lang dag"

"toe ek myself aan jou toevertrou
was jy die engele gabriël, michael en raphael"

"Vriende, familie loop voor
Sing jy nog ooit in die koor
Nuuskierigheid breek deur die muur
Vra hulle
Waarmee is jou siel versier"

"The declaration of unconstitutionality comes at a time of crisis in terms of violence against women and children in South Africa, and is understandable from that perspective. Yet the ruling also coincides with an increase in bad behaviour among children, and alarming levels of juvenile crime."

"Die ongrondwetlikheidsverklaring kom te midde van ’n krisis oor geweld teen vroue en kinders in Suid-Afrika en is in daardie opsig begryplik. Nogtans val dit ook saam met ’n drastiese agteruitgang in kinderdissipline en -gedrag en onrusbarende jeugmisdaadsyfers."

"Hy wonder of die pen kan skryf. Kliek-kliek-kliek druk hy die pen se knoppie. Verbeel hy hom of het hy die houtvloer nou net onder sy voete voel vibreer?"

"In computer-mediated communication (CMC) a need can arise to express certain paralinguistic cues since participants cannot see or hear one another. Punctuation marks, such as the question mark, can be used to express paralinguistic elements such as intonation. When internet users find standard punctuation insufficient to express the meanings or paralinguistic cues they wish to express, they may use punctuation marks in unconventional ways."