25.4413, FYI: Rhodes University: Postgraduate Research Programme - Strategic Early Literacy Imperative

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Subject: 25.4413, FYI: Rhodes University: Postgraduate Research Programme - Strategic Early Literacy Imperative

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Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 10:46:51
From: Kristin van der Merwe [k.vandermerwe at ru.ac.za]
Subject: Rhodes University: Postgraduate Research Programme - Strategic Early Literacy Imperative

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The Department of English Language and Linguistics at Rhodes University
invites applications to the Postgraduate research programme: Strategic Early
Literacy Imperative: Linguistic and social partnerships in Foundation-Phase
Learning in African languages.

The research programme explores the relation between formal and applied
linguistics and Foundation-Phase literacy education, specifically focussing on
the contributions that can be made by linguists. 

These contributions include, but are not limited to the following dimensions:
- Sociolinguistic-dialectological dimensions: including language
standardization and the mismatch between home languages and languages of
education.
- Morpho-syntactic dimensions: the mismatch between psycholinguistic and
orthographic representations of words and morphemes with the attendant need
for thorough linguistic analysis of African languages within descriptive and
theoretical frameworks.
- Linguistic-educative dimensions: the paucity of educational resources such
as reading norms, vocabulary lists, graded texts, testing instruments,
comprehension tests etc.

We invite students excelling academically to apply for teaching assistantships
and postgraduate bursaries in order to undertake research in the above
Research Focus Areas. Successful applicants will be expected to undertake
duties in the department and to be present during term times. 

More information about the project, subject matter, application procedures and
deadline for the application can be accessed at: 
http://www.ru.ac.za/englishlanguageandlinguistics/research/sandisaimbewu/
 



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