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Vocabulary proficiency in English of students in the primary teachers' certificate course

  • Authors: Harlech-Jones, Brian Arthur
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary) Vocabulary -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
  • Identifier: vital:1903 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006347
  • Description: This work investigates vocabulary proficiency in English of a group of students in the Primary Teacher's Certificate course. It is shown that this is the major certification course for teachers in Black education in South Africa, and, that primary school teachers are the major source of English for Black pupils for a considerable period, if not for the duration of their school education. The quality of the teachers' English thus has a major influence on that used by the pupils. In addition to the established needs for proficiency in a national and international medium such as English, it is emphasized that , with the increasing use of English as a medium of instruction, a lack of proficiency will adversely affect general scholastic achievement. The investigation proceeds by two means: (1) a series of vocabulary tests and (2) an error analysis (lexis and morphology) , based on scripts produced by the same group to whom the tests were administered. Prior to the presentation of the tests and the results and conclusions, there is a discussion of what constitutes vocabulary. This is introduced by a discussion of the dichotemy 'structure/lexis', primarily by reference to the writings on structuralism by Charles Fries - This discussion shows that the progress in vocabulary study is intimately related to the as-yet undeveloped state of investigations into the semantics of the language . There is a referenoe to the role of frequency-counts in vocabulary teaching with specific reference to Michael West's General Service List of English Words. In the absence of other prescribed standards of attainment in vocabulary, the General Service List serves as control for the tests , and is itself under examination as a possible major resource for vocabulary teaching. It is shown that structuralism has produced the instructional method known as 'audio- lingualism', which has gained wide credence, not least in the educational system through which the subjects of this study have passed. The contributions and defects of this method are discussed , with particular reference to its deleterious effect on vocabulary teaching. It is shown that vocabulary teaching becomes increasingly important in the later stages of language learning. There is reference to the current emphasis on ' commununicative' language teaching/learning, and it is shown that a major area of application is in the presentation of materials which embody an across-the-curriculum approach. The Pre- Tests are concerned only with the four major 'parts of speech ' and use only items from the General Service List ('G.S.L'). A particular feature is the development of tests based on the 'partial productivity of lexical rules' , which proved significantly effective in distinguishing between testees of high and low proficiency . The Final Tests, compiled from items which discriminated successfully in the Pre-Tests , are presented , and a Post- Final Test form of ultimately successful items is provided. There is a brief theoretical discussion of Error Analysis, and this is followed by the presentation of the categorization of lexical and morphological errors extracted from a corpus produced by the same group which provided subjects for the tests . There is comment on this categorization, which points to both the usefulness and shortcomings of such data . Amongst the conclusions and recommendations are the following: that vocabulary teaching has languished, both because of present inadequacies in semantic investigation, and because of the predominance of structuralism; that vocabulary teaching is important throughout , but particularly in the post-initial stages ; that word-counts (specifically the G. S. L.)have a valuable place in vocabulary teaching, as controls, prompts and suppliers of resource material ; that there is a wide range of proficiency amongst these subjects , even within the limits of a word-count such as the G.S.L. (the most frequent 2000 'words ' in English , with a samantic count, and related items formed by various processes) ; that this range of proficiency and the shortcomings shown are disturbing in teachers- in- training , who are also in their eleventh and twelfth years of formal instruction in English; that there is further cause for concern when it is remembered that their pupils will need English for success in a number of subjects , and will be instructed in English mainly by teachers. drawn from this group ; that there is some evidence of a relationship between vocabulary proficiency and the frequency of items in the G.S .L. (reinforcing the suggesting that the G.S .L. is a useful ' teaching tool ' ) ; that the categorization of errors shows that mastery of the · contents of the G. S. L. would , in theory , eliminate the great majority of errors attested in the categorization, and that mastery of even the most common areas of lexis and lexical formation cannot and should not be taken for granted; and that acquaintance with the contents of a word frequency-count , and with categorizations of errors , will sharpen teachers' perceptions as to the nature of their task and the directions in which vocabulary teaching should proceed.
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The recording, retrieval and analysis of some electrophysiological measures relevant to psychology

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Mchuyo 1981

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"Should a Vice-Chancellor be a computer scientist?"

  • Authors: Henderson, Derek Scott
  • Date: 1981
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:7432 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018309
  • Description: Information Systems Seminar, Carlton Hotel, Johannesburg, 10 June 1981. Should a Vice-Chancellor be a computer scientist? As I prepared my thoughts to address you this morning it seemed to me that there were three topics of potential interest to this audience on which a person with my background could dwell. 1) Are universities turning out graduates with the right backgrounds (a) to manage companies in which information systems will play an increasingly important role and (b) to drive the information systems effectively? 2) The proper role of the universities in research and development with regard to information systems 3) The effective administrative use of information systems in universities considered as organisations which have as great an obligation to be efficient as businesses.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

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A study of the interactions between phenytoin and pharmaceutical antacids, excipients and adsorbents

  • Authors: Gilbert, Peter John
  • Date: 1981 , 2013-03-14
  • Subjects: Phenytoin , Antacids
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:3821 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004935 , Phenytoin , Antacids
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Hugo Raes : de roman als montage : een struktuuranalyse van De vadsige koningen, Een faun met kille horentjes en, Het smarán, het vikka, de ronko en al de andere kleuren van de geschiedenis

  • Authors: Renders, L E M M E
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Raes, Hugo -- Criticism and interpretation Raes, Hugo -- De vadsige koningen Raes, Hugo -- Een faun met kille horentjes Raes, Hugo -- Het smarán, het vikka, de ronko en al de andere kleuren van de geschiedenis Dutch fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
  • Identifier: vital:3623 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007493
  • Description: De analyse van het individuele literaire werk zal steeds het begin- en eindpunt moeten zijn van de literatuurstudie in welke gedaante dan ook: "Dit neemt echter niet weg dat het begin en einde, het alfa en omega van de literaire bedrijvigheid, het literair kunstwerk als zodanig, de literaire intentie, functie en efficientie de literair, literairesthetisch, te actualiseren en te valoriseren tekst is ... " (Rutten, 1973, p.144). Juist deze vorm van onderzoek lijkt op het ogenblik soms weI eens verloren te raken tussen de veelheid van literaire theorieen die overal opgang maken. De beoefenaars van de literaire kritiek lijken dikwijls meer begaan met het opbouwen en afbreken van theorieen dan met het literaire werk zelf. Sinds W. Bloks studie Verhaal en lezer in 1960 voor het eerst het licht zag, mag er dan op het gebied van de literatuurwetenschap in de Nederlanden en daarbuiten heel wat veranderd zijn, maar zijn uitspraak: " ... dat de romantheorie op het ogenblik het meest gebaat is met analyses van afzonderlijke werken" (1969, p.9) heeft zeker nog niets aan geldigheid ingeboet.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

Dibongo

Chibhudhu 1981

Review of carbonate hosted lead-zinc (copper) deposits and the geological factors affecting their shape, size and grade

  • Authors: McDonald, B
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Lead ores , Zinc ores , Copper ores , Sedimentology , Sedimentation and deposition
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5028 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006903
  • Description: From Introduction: For at least two centuries and a corresponding number of generations of geologists and miners there has been active argument concerning the origin of certain types of carbonate hosted mineral deposit. The characterization of the type itself was and still is debatable. Objections have been raised to grouping several examples under one heading because each has its individually distinctive features. ·This is especially applicable to the carbonate hosted lead-zinc "sedimentary" deposits. The type that will be discussed in the text to follow is composed chiefly of galena, sphalerite, barite and fluorite, with pyrite , marcasite and chalcopyrite as conspicuous accessory ore minerals. Exceptions to this general copper deficient characteristic displayed by the sedimentary carbonate-hosted lead-zinc deposits are the deposits at Tsumeb and Kombat, Namibia. These deposits are hosted by the carbonate sequence of the Otavi Shelf sediments, and copper, in the form of tennantite, chalcopyrite and bornite, is the major ore constituent. Calcite, aragonite, dolomite and quartz are the commonest nonmetallic gangue minerals but siderite and silica may also be present. In contrast with other lead and zinc sulphide (volcanogenic) deposits, those to be considered here seldom carry noteworthy amounts of silver or any other precious metals. Commonly the country rock is a carbonate; limestone or dolomite, but deposits in. sandstone, shale and conglomerate are not unknown. Characteristic features are ore bodies that extend parallel or nearly so with the bedding although many such deposits are partly, or completely developed along crosscutting fissures and breccias. Some observers regard these fissure fillings as evidence for a magmatic source of the metals, whereas others regard them as an indication of remobilization of ions, metals or minerals orginally present in low-grade stratiform deposits elsewhere in the stratigraphic succession.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

Some aspects of the reproductive endocrinology of the catfish, Clarias Gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

  • Authors: Rennie, Susan Elizabeth
  • Date: 1981
  • Subjects: Catfishes Clarias gariepinus
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:5339 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005924
  • Description: A description is given of the location, anatomy and morphology of the endocrine glands likely to be involved in controlling the reproductive cycle of C. gariepinus. Methods of identifying the secretory tissues in the light and electron microscopes are outlined. A review of the published results on homologous tissues from other teleosts is included and directions for further research on the endocrinology of C. gariepinus are discussed.
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  • Date Issued: 1981

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Mchuyo 1981

What literature? : inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University

  • Authors: Van Wyk Smith, Malvern
  • Date: 1981
  • Language: English
  • Type: Text
  • Identifier: vital:676 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1020745 , ISBN 0868100692
  • Description: Inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University , Rhodes University Libraries (Digitisation)
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A study of the vegetation of the Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve, Cape Provice

  • Authors: Palmer, Anthony Riordan
  • Date: 1981 , 2013-04-18
  • Subjects: Botany -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Lubke, R.A.
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
  • Identifier: vital:4244 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007284 , Botany -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
  • Description: The plant communities of the Andries Vosloo Kudu Reserve (6493 ha.; Acocks's Valley Bushveld) are classified using the Braun-Blanquet phytosociological technique. A checklist of the flowering plants is presented. The flora of the reserve displays an affinity to five phytochoria (Capensis, Karoo-Namib, Sudano-Zambezian, Afro-montane and Indian Ocean Coastal Belt 1, of which the Karoo-Namib and Indian Ocean Coastal Belt are the most extensive. The flora of the Valley Bushveld is regarded as adequately conserved, but a recommendation is made to consolidate the study area with adjacent farms. A small herbarium, containing specimens of all species listed in the checklist, has been established. The climate of the study area is classified according to the Koppen classification as Cfa. Simultaneous air temperature recording at four separate localities demonstrated that differences exist between local ities of marginally different altitude, aspect and slope. The phenology of 51 plant species, recorded at monthly intervals over a continuous period of 478 days, is presented. These species are classified according to their response to air temperature and rainfall for the initiation of new growth, flowering and fruiting. Species exhibited a spectrum of responses ranging from endogenous to exogenous control over phenological events. , KMBT_363 , Adobe Acrobat 9.53 Paper Capture Plug-in
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  • Date Issued: 1981

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