A significant tombstone in an unexpected little place

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Taakgerigte taalkunde-onderrig in die hoërskool binne ʼn kommunikatiewe raamwerk

A general curriculum for languages in South Africa has been developed, with the result that a common approach to grammar teaching is supposedly followed in all schools. An analysis of the curriculum for Afrikaans home language shows that the importance of grammar teaching has shrunk considerably. No official class time is allocated that could be devoted to grammar teaching. Teaching grammar has always been a central and problematic issue for language teachers. “To teach or not to teach grammar” remains the question, along with how much to teach and when to do it. According to the language curriculum, the most desirable teaching approach to follow is a communicative one. A literature study on the communicative approach, with a focus on grammar teaching, is undertaken. The task-based approach, which has been developed from the communicative approach, and ways to implement it are practically explored in the article. Sleutelwoorde: taalkunde-onderrig, grammatika-onderrig, kommunikatiewe benadering, taakgerigte benadering, taalstrukture en –konvensies, sosiale konstruktivismeKeywords: language teaching, grammar teaching, communicative approach, taskbasedapproach, language structures and conventions, social constructivis

Dictionaries as wealth of knowledge? Perceptions of multilingual education students on mobile LSP dictionaries

Studies in user research with regard to specialised settings have not received much attention in lexicography, as has the use of dictionaries on mobile phones. This study investigated the user perspective by referring to user situations, user needs and user perceptions in a multilingual university setting. The research undertaken was unique in the sense that the author investigated user perceptions of a language for specific purposes (LSP) dictionary on a mobile phone. It presents an empirical study on dictionary use by semi-experts in a multilingual higher education setting. The major aim of the study was to describe usage situations, user needs and user perceptions of education students on the use of a multilingual mobile dictionary. A multilingual university setting is described, where the language of teaching and learning is not necessarily the home language of a student, thus highlighting the need for a specialised multilingual dictionary to be used as a source of knowledge. In accordance with the view of a dictionary as a container of knowledge, students express the need for different types of dictionary information in specialised dictionaries. Findings include the affinity of students for a mobile dictionary.Keywords: Mobile LSP dictionary; user perspective; user needs; user perceptions; dictionary usage; multilingual university settin

ELIM Hospital - The first 100 Years part 1

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Minimally invasive atrioventricular valve surgery – current status and future perspectives

We are currently witnessing rapid evolution in minimally invasive and catheter-based atrioventricular valve interventions as acceptable alternatives to classic sternotomy access (CSA). Collectively, minimally invasive atrioventricular valve surgery (MIAS) is associated with significant learning curves and its routine application is met with varying degrees of enthusiasm in view of strict quality control, clinical governance and outcome reporting. Whether the reported potential benefits and comparable efficacy across a range of long-term outcome measures reported by experienced MIAS centres can be translated into general international surgical practice, are not well defined. This paper describes the historic evolution of MIAS, the contemporary clinical outcomes of MIAS compared with CSA, and the application of MIAS in “real-life” general practice

Willem Johannes Bam

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Teksgebaseerde tesourusgebruik in 'n Afrikaanse taalonderrigkonteks

CITATION: van der Merwe, M. F. 2022. Teksgebaseerde tesourusgebruik in ’n Afrikaanse taalonderrigkonteks. Lexikos, 32(1):180-199. doi:10.5788/32-1-1714The original publication is available at https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pubText-based Use of a Thesaurus in an Afrikaans language and teaching context. The topic of the article articulates and explores possibilities for the use of a thesaurus in the language and teaching context of the school classroom. Although the thesaurus is one of the oldest reference works in the history of lexicography, that fact is not reflected in the number of research articles on the topic. A thesaurus does not seem to be a general focus point of lexicographic research, nor be it of pedagogical lexicography. To address the gap in literature, the purpose and lexicographic functions of a thesaurus, especially in a language education context, are foregrounded. The language education context is illuminated with reference to the prescribed use of the thesaurus in school curricula documents, as they dictate the teaching policy in public schools. Text-based use of a thesaurus is recommended and is illustrated against the background of an investigation of a thesaurus and thematic dictionary sections. Recommendations for improvement of lexicographical products are made from a pedagogical lexicographic perspective to ensure optimal use of a thesaurus in a language education setting.Die onderwerp van die artikel is die ontsluitingsmoontlikhede van tesourusgebruik in 'n Afrikaanse taalonderrigkonteks in die skoolklaskamer. Die tesourus is een van die oudste naslaanwerke in die geskiedenis van leksikografie; tog word dit nie in die aantal navorsingsartikels rakende die onderwerp gereflekteer nie. 'n Tesourus blyk nie 'n algemene fokuspunt van leksikografiese navorsing of opvoedkundige leksikografiese navorsing te wees nie. In 'n poging om die gaping in die literatuur te oorbrug, word daar oor die doel en leksikografiese funksie van 'n tesourus besin, veral in 'n taalonderrigkonteks. Die taalonderrigkonteks word vervolgens belig met verwysing na voorgestelde tesourusgebruik in skoolkurrikuladokumente, aangesien dit rigtinggewend is vir onderrigraamwerke in skole. Teksgebaseerde tesourusgebruik in die taalonderrigkonteks word aanbeveel en gemotiveer teen die agtergrond van 'n ondersoek na 'n tesourus en tematiese woordeboekafdelings. Aanbevelings vir enkele verbeterings tot leksikografiese produkte word vanuit 'n opvoedkundige leksikografiese perspektief gemaak ten einde optimale gebruik van 'n tesourus in 'n taalonderrigkonteks te verseker.https://lexikos.journals.ac.za/pub/aboutPublishers versio

Visuele elemente in vertalende woordeboeke gerig op die grondslagfase teen die agtergrond van geletterdheidsontwikkeling

CITATION: Van der Merwe, M. F. (2022). Visuele elemente in vertalende woordeboeke gerig op die grondslagfase teen die agtergrond van geletterdheidsontwikkeling. Lexikos, 32(3), 215-248. doi.10.5788/32-3-1738The original publication is available at: lexikos.journals.ac.zaWoordeboeke wat in 'n onderrig- en leersituasie gebruik word, het ongetwyfeld'n opvoedkundige doel en funksie (as 'n leksikografiese funksie volgens die teorie van leksikogra-fiese funksies verstaan word), byvoorbeeld die aktiewe ontwikkeling van geletterdheidsvaardig-hede. In die geval van woordeboeke gemik op leerders in die grondslagfase is teikengebruikers leerders wat oor ontluikende geletterdheidsvaardighede en veral ontwikkelende leesvaardighede beskik. Ten einde hierdie ontluikende vaardighede van die teikengebruiker te ondersteun, kan lek-sikograwe 'n verskeidenheid meganismes gebruik, byvoorbeeld visuele elemente, om ondersteu-ning aan die teikengebruikers te verleen. In hierdie studie word vier vertalende woordeboeke ondersoek, waarin Afrikaans telkens as een lid van die taalaanbod funksioneer. Leerders in die grondslagfase vorm die teikengebruikers van die bepaalde kategorie woordeboeke en daarom is die artikel binne die leksikografiese teorie van die gebruikersperspektief gesitueer, maar terselfdertyd ook binne die veld van die opvoedkun-dige leksikografie. In hierdie artikel word daar dus ook na konsepte binne leesnavorsing, taalver-werwing en tweedetaalonderrig verwys, wat dan op die visuele elemente in hierdie woordeboeke toegepas word. Die gebruik, waarde en tipes illustrasies in woordeboeke word deur middel van 'n literatuur-studie ondersoek en toepassing vind binne die geletterdheidskonteks van die teikengebruiker plaas. Die gebruik van visuele elemente in ooreenstemming met die geletterdheidsbehoeftes van die teikengebruikers vorm die fokus van die artikel.Publisher’s versio