Adelia Carstens
Biographic Data
| ID | 324589 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adelia Carstens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adelia |
| FAMILY NAME | Carstens |
| SIGNATURE | CARSTENS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1518-6170 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Positive Politeness in Writing-Centre Consultations with an Emphasis on Praise
In a writing centre, learning takes place during conversations between the writing-centre tutor and the student. This interaction is an integral part of writing-centre research and is the focus of this largely qualitative study which employs a politeness lens. There is very little research that specifically addresses praise as a positive politeness strategy. This study attempts to fill this gap by analysing video-recorded consultations to determi…
Designing a South African Multilingual Learner Corpus of Academic Texts (SAMuLCAT)
This article provides an overview of the process and initial outcomes of designing a multilingual corpus of academic texts produced by university students with different mother tongues in South Africa, with a view to making it available as an open resource for pedagogical applications and research. We first give an overview of the history of corpus development for pedagogical purposes world-wide, with particular emphasis on learner corpora, and h…
Geletterdheidsnarratiewe as spieël van die motiveringsrolle van betekenisvolle andere
During recent years the reading and writing of literacy self-narratives has received renewed attention in Higher Education. Of particular interest are the ways in which these narratives reflect the literacy identities that students construe for themselves and significant others, and how this knowledge may assist lecturers of academic literacy in curriculum reform. This contribution reports on research that was aimed at exploring the roles that Af…
Translanguaging as a vehicle for L2 acquisition and L1 development
The purpose of the article is to report on a project aimed at exploring the use of translanguaging as a strategy to support bi-/multilingual students in acquiring academic literacy in English while promoting the terminologisation of African languages through exploratory scientific talk. The topic is contextualised by juxtaposing multilingualism as a problem with multilingualism as a resource. This is followed by a discussion of translanguaging as…
Cultivating the soft skills of future construction managers through restorying construction workers' career narratives
Background: In the construction industry, there is an increased awareness of the importance of soft skills. However, no empirical studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of pedagogical strategies in higher education to improve the soft skills of future construction managers.Aim: The main aim of the research was to explore how undergraduate students of the construction sciences construe the identities of construction workers and whether t…
Investigating literacy narratives among ethno-linguistically diverse South African students
This article reports on a study of pre-service teachers' literacy narratives in a South African institution of higher learning. Literacy self-narratives of 57 students were collected and analysed for categories and themes under narrator and sponsor identities through the use of AtlasTi software. The results of the study show the role of historical, cultural and political contexts in shaping literacy identities of student teachers. The results als…
Meaning-making in academic writing
This article reports on an analysis of academic essays written by two groups of second-year university students: one group with History as a major, and a mixed group. The analyses focused on key features representing each of the three main functions of language identified in Systemic Functional Linguistics. The ideational function is represented by logical relationships, the interpersonal function by appraisal, and the textual function by themati…
Lexicology, Semantics and Lexicography
Julie Coleman and Christian J. Kay (Eds.). Lexicology, Semantics and Lexicography: Selected Papers from the Fourth G.L. Brook Symposium, Manchester, August 1998. 2000, xiv + 249 pp. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Volume 194. ISBN 90 272 3701 8 (Eur.), 1 55619 972 4 (US). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Price US$ 75,00 (Hb)
Preferred genres and rhetorical modes in the humanities and social sciences
The article reports on a research project aimed at identifying salient written genres and text types/rhetorical modes in the Faculty of Humanities at a large university in Gauteng, South Africa. The main purpose of the research was to establish an empirical base for the design of intermediate-level undergraduate language courses. A survey was done by means of text analysis: study guides were requested from a representative sample of departments, …
Understanding visuals in HIV/Aids education in South Africa
This article reports on a research project aimed at determining the scope and nature of differences in picture comprehension between literate and low-literate audiences in the context of HIV and AIDS. Structured interviews were held with 30 low-literate and 24 literate adult speakers of African languages. The responses were coded and analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Consistent with previous research, we found that purely analogical…
Tailoring print materials to match literacy levels
One in three South Africans aged 20 and older has not completed primary school, or has no schooling at all. Communication specialists who are in the business of writing public information documents need to take cognisance of this fact if they are committed to producing documents that meet the needs and skill levels of their different audiences. They also need a basic understanding of the reading strategies of both highly skilled and less-skilled …
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Tailoring print materials to match literacy levels
One in three South Africans aged 20 and older has not completed primary school, or has no schooling at all. Communication specialists who are in the business of writing public information documents need to take cognisance of this fact if they are committed to producing documents that meet the needs and skill levels of their different audiences. They also need a basic understanding of the reading strategies of both highly skilled and less-skilled …
Understanding visuals in HIV/Aids education in South Africa
This article reports on a research project aimed at determining the scope and nature of differences in picture comprehension between literate and low-literate audiences in the context of HIV and AIDS. Structured interviews were held with 30 low-literate and 24 literate adult speakers of African languages. The responses were coded and analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Consistent with previous research, we found that purely analogical…
Preferred genres and rhetorical modes in the humanities and social sciences
The article reports on a research project aimed at identifying salient written genres and text types/rhetorical modes in the Faculty of Humanities at a large university in Gauteng, South Africa. The main purpose of the research was to establish an empirical base for the design of intermediate-level undergraduate language courses. A survey was done by means of text analysis: study guides were requested from a representative sample of departments, …
Lexicology, Semantics and Lexicography
Julie Coleman and Christian J. Kay (Eds.). Lexicology, Semantics and Lexicography: Selected Papers from the Fourth G.L. Brook Symposium, Manchester, August 1998. 2000, xiv + 249 pp. Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Volume 194. ISBN 90 272 3701 8 (Eur.), 1 55619 972 4 (US). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Price US$ 75,00 (Hb)
Meaning-making in academic writing
This article reports on an analysis of academic essays written by two groups of second-year university students: one group with History as a major, and a mixed group. The analyses focused on key features representing each of the three main functions of language identified in Systemic Functional Linguistics. The ideational function is represented by logical relationships, the interpersonal function by appraisal, and the textual function by themati…
Investigating literacy narratives among ethno-linguistically diverse South African students
This article reports on a study of pre-service teachers' literacy narratives in a South African institution of higher learning. Literacy self-narratives of 57 students were collected and analysed for categories and themes under narrator and sponsor identities through the use of AtlasTi software. The results of the study show the role of historical, cultural and political contexts in shaping literacy identities of student teachers. The results als…
Translanguaging as a vehicle for L2 acquisition and L1 development
The purpose of the article is to report on a project aimed at exploring the use of translanguaging as a strategy to support bi-/multilingual students in acquiring academic literacy in English while promoting the terminologisation of African languages through exploratory scientific talk. The topic is contextualised by juxtaposing multilingualism as a problem with multilingualism as a resource. This is followed by a discussion of translanguaging as…
Cultivating the soft skills of future construction managers through restorying construction workers' career narratives
Background: In the construction industry, there is an increased awareness of the importance of soft skills. However, no empirical studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of pedagogical strategies in higher education to improve the soft skills of future construction managers.Aim: The main aim of the research was to explore how undergraduate students of the construction sciences construe the identities of construction workers and whether t…
Geletterdheidsnarratiewe as spieël van die motiveringsrolle van betekenisvolle andere
During recent years the reading and writing of literacy self-narratives has received renewed attention in Higher Education. Of particular interest are the ways in which these narratives reflect the literacy identities that students construe for themselves and significant others, and how this knowledge may assist lecturers of academic literacy in curriculum reform. This contribution reports on research that was aimed at exploring the roles that Af…
Designing a South African Multilingual Learner Corpus of Academic Texts (SAMuLCAT)
This article provides an overview of the process and initial outcomes of designing a multilingual corpus of academic texts produced by university students with different mother tongues in South Africa, with a view to making it available as an open resource for pedagogical applications and research. We first give an overview of the history of corpus development for pedagogical purposes world-wide, with particular emphasis on learner corpora, and h…
Positive Politeness in Writing-Centre Consultations with an Emphasis on Praise
In a writing centre, learning takes place during conversations between the writing-centre tutor and the student. This interaction is an integral part of writing-centre research and is the focus of this largely qualitative study which employs a politeness lens. There is very little research that specifically addresses praise as a positive politeness strategy. This study attempts to fill this gap by analysing video-recorded consultations to determi…
Linguistics (9 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 works) · Literacy (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Narrative (3 works)