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The use of print and electronic media in Botswana
(Sage Publications / http://www.sagepublications.com, 2003)
One principle of Botswana’s Long Term Vision for 2016 is ‘An educated
and informed nation’ through access to electronic and paper media and
computer-based communication. The Department of Information and
Broadcasting ...
Language maintenance or shift? attitudes of Bakalanga youth towards their mother tongue
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis)/www.routledge.com, 2009)
This article reports the findings of a study whose objective was to investigate
whether there was a likelihood of a language shift (or loss) from Ikalanga (a minority language spoken in Botswana) to either Setswana or ...
Design and implementation of an online information literacy module - experience of the Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Botswana
(Emerald, 2006)
The purpose of this paper is to present findings of the design and implementation of an
online information literacy module to first-year students at the University of Botswana. The study population consisted of 103 ...
An alalysis of two setswana colour terms: ntsho and tshweu
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
This paper explores the linguistic contexts, uses and meanings of the colour terms ntsho (black) and tshweu (white) in Setswana. Using a corpus data, the paper argues that the two terms display cultural and linguistic ...
The influence of school on the choice of language learning strategies in Botswana
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
This research seeks to examine the role that context or learning situation plays in strategy choice by comparing the strategy patterns of a private English medium secondary and a government secondary school in Botswana. ...
Bid to settle Jewish refugees from Nazi-Germany in Botswana, 1938-1939
(Botswana Society / www.botsoc.org.bw, 2006)
This article demonstrates that while Adolf Hitler's Nazis were busy persecuting Jews in Germany there was an attempt made by the colonial authorities in Botswana, South Africa and Britain to settle some Jewish refugees in ...
Ngwato atitudes towards Zimbabwean immigrants in the Bechuanaland Protectorate in the 1950s
(Routledge (Taylor and Francis) http://www.routledge.com, 2006)
This article is a modest sketch of
the historical background to the phenomenon of xenophobia, with which policymakers
in Botswana are grappling in the early twenty-first century. It is not, however, a historical treatise ...
Styles and levels of acting in Zimbabwean traditional performances
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
In this paper, I intend to support Schechner's (1988:197) argument that "to be in trance is not to be out of control", and that in trance or possession the performer does exhibit elements of acting. Schechner mentions that ...
The nature and origin of sex-related euphemisms in Setswana
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
The aim of this study is to investigate sex-related euphemisms in Setswana. Although sex matters, as embarrassing phenomena, are not usually talked about in Setswana communities, they have recently been brought to the open ...
English pronouns in the writing of some Batswana students
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2008)
This paper examines the morphological and syntactic differences between English and Setswana pronouns, and how these differences manifest in students usage of English learners may be assisted to become more proficient in ...