Tawanda Matende
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4098704 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Tawanda Matende |
| NOMBRES | Tawanda |
| APELLIDO | Matende |
| FIRMA | MATENDE T |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Zimbabwe |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2214-0760 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 8 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
An Exploration of the Marginalisation of Tshwao Through Postcolonial Policy
This qualitative study examined how Zimbabwe’s language policies marginalised Tshwao between 1980 and 2013 despite constitutional recognition. Using document analysis (DA) informed by critical discourse analysis (CDA) and ethnolinguistic vitality theory (EVT), the study analysed policy and legislative texts alongside relevant scholarly literature. The findings indicate that English, Shona, and Ndebele retained privileged institutional status in e…
Morphological description of compounds in Zimbabwean Sign Language
Music and Zimbabwean Sign Language Pedagogy
The study addresses critical gaps in Zimbabwean Sign Language (ZSL) pedagogy by examining the pedagogical intersection of ZSL and Zimbabwe musical arts and evaluating how integrating Indigenous musical epistemologies enhances learning outcomes for hearing and Deaf students. In Zimbabwe, the growing synergy between ZSL and music is evident in contexts like concerts, national anthem performances, and Deaf artists creating musical videos, prompting …
Toward a Theory for Understanding Morphosyntactic Structures in Sign Language
Over the past few decades, a rich tapestry of theoretical perspectives has emerged to analyze the morphosyntactic structure of sign languages (SLs) ranging from generative grammar to cognitive-functional approaches. These frameworks have each offered unique insights into the organization, use, and cognitive underpinnings of SL morphosyntax. By exploring the different theoretical lenses through which SL structure has been examined, this review aim…
An Intervention Model for Mental Health Service Provision for Deaf Children in Zimbabwe
The study analysed the mental health services for Deaf children in Zimbabwe and consequently provided an intervention framework to improve service delivery. The study sought to establish mental health challenges currently experienced by Deaf children, available mental health services for Deaf children, the barriers that hinder accessibility of the resources and propose intervention strategies to improve the mental health services. The guiding the…
Tracing the Trajectory of Tshwao
This paper gives a socio-historical account of factors that may have contributed to the current state of endangerment of Tshwao, the Khoisan people's language in Zimbabwe. The premise of the paper are observations that interventions being put in place to revive the language are failing and thus the need to go back into the past to establish factors that contributed to the impending demise of the language. Content for this paper was extracted from…
Critical language awareness in the education of students who are deaf in Zimbabwe
Grounded in critical applied linguistics and specifically in the domain of critical language awareness, this article investigates the challenges and limitations faced by students who are deaf in progressing to higher and tertiary education in Zimbabwe. An insight into these challenges is drawn from views and opinions obtained from observations of the teaching and learning processes of deaf students in secondary schools in Harare. Owing to the div…
Underproduction or Overproduction? A Corpus-based Study of Chinese EFL Learners’ Use of English Relative Clauses
This paper attempts to examine whether Chinese English learners adopt the underproduction or overproduction behavior when using English relative clauses in academic writing. To achieve the objective of the study, the researchers used a corpus-based method to analyze and compare the production of the restrictive relative clause among Chinese students and native English students. The aims were to find out if the Chinese students underproduce the En…
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Underproduction or Overproduction? A Corpus-based Study of Chinese EFL Learners’ Use of English Relative Clauses
This paper attempts to examine whether Chinese English learners adopt the underproduction or overproduction behavior when using English relative clauses in academic writing. To achieve the objective of the study, the researchers used a corpus-based method to analyze and compare the production of the restrictive relative clause among Chinese students and native English students. The aims were to find out if the Chinese students underproduce the En…
Critical language awareness in the education of students who are deaf in Zimbabwe
Grounded in critical applied linguistics and specifically in the domain of critical language awareness, this article investigates the challenges and limitations faced by students who are deaf in progressing to higher and tertiary education in Zimbabwe. An insight into these challenges is drawn from views and opinions obtained from observations of the teaching and learning processes of deaf students in secondary schools in Harare. Owing to the div…
Music and Zimbabwean Sign Language Pedagogy
The study addresses critical gaps in Zimbabwean Sign Language (ZSL) pedagogy by examining the pedagogical intersection of ZSL and Zimbabwe musical arts and evaluating how integrating Indigenous musical epistemologies enhances learning outcomes for hearing and Deaf students. In Zimbabwe, the growing synergy between ZSL and music is evident in contexts like concerts, national anthem performances, and Deaf artists creating musical videos, prompting …
Toward a Theory for Understanding Morphosyntactic Structures in Sign Language
Over the past few decades, a rich tapestry of theoretical perspectives has emerged to analyze the morphosyntactic structure of sign languages (SLs) ranging from generative grammar to cognitive-functional approaches. These frameworks have each offered unique insights into the organization, use, and cognitive underpinnings of SL morphosyntax. By exploring the different theoretical lenses through which SL structure has been examined, this review aim…
An Intervention Model for Mental Health Service Provision for Deaf Children in Zimbabwe
The study analysed the mental health services for Deaf children in Zimbabwe and consequently provided an intervention framework to improve service delivery. The study sought to establish mental health challenges currently experienced by Deaf children, available mental health services for Deaf children, the barriers that hinder accessibility of the resources and propose intervention strategies to improve the mental health services. The guiding the…
Tracing the Trajectory of Tshwao
This paper gives a socio-historical account of factors that may have contributed to the current state of endangerment of Tshwao, the Khoisan people's language in Zimbabwe. The premise of the paper are observations that interventions being put in place to revive the language are failing and thus the need to go back into the past to establish factors that contributed to the impending demise of the language. Content for this paper was extracted from…
An Exploration of the Marginalisation of Tshwao Through Postcolonial Policy
This qualitative study examined how Zimbabwe’s language policies marginalised Tshwao between 1980 and 2013 despite constitutional recognition. Using document analysis (DA) informed by critical discourse analysis (CDA) and ethnolinguistic vitality theory (EVT), the study analysed policy and legislative texts alongside relevant scholarly literature. The findings indicate that English, Shona, and Ndebele retained privileged institutional status in e…
Morphological description of compounds in Zimbabwean Sign Language
Hearing Impairment and Communication (5 obras) · Linguistics (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Sign language (4 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 obras) · Computer Science (2 obras) · Deaf education (2 obras)