Michael M Kretzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 6533170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael M Kretzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael M |
| FAMILY NAME | Kretzer |
| SIGNATURE | KRETZER M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Western Cape |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8603-0141 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Covid-19 vaccination campaigns for diverse language groups in Pennsylvania/USA and Western Cape/South Africa
Various health departments worldwide needed to react to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: first, conveying information about the virus itself, and later, announcing and promoting vaccinations. Multilingual, multimodal communication is essential during a crisis. Studies from early in the pandemic show some positive efforts and shortfalls in language inclusivity. We build on these to study COVID-19 communications with a later issue,…
‘Votescapes’
This study aims to investigate the use and visibility of languages on election posters through the concept of Linguistic Landscapes (LL). Hence, the following research question was the core of this study: What languages were used during the 2019 national election, and how linguistically inclusive are the election posters? Linguistic Landscapes is not only a purely linguistic phenomenon but rather reflects the reciprocal relationship between Lingu…
Blurred lines in AC Jordan’s novel Ingqumbo Yeminyanya ( The Wrath of the Ancestors )
This article serves to fill a theoretical lacuna in African language literary scholarship. To date there have been very few literary geographic analyses related to South African literature and there are none that deal with African language literature. The purpose and objective of this article is to apply theoretical aspects of literary geography to an isiXhosa novel, Ingqumbo Yeminyanya. This novel, written by AC Jordan is perhaps the best known …
Ist die Kommunikation von Fridays for Future anschlussfähig?
Der Beitrag wirft einen von der Systemtheorie Niklas Luhmanns inspirierten Blick auf die Klimabewegung in Deutschland, insbesondere des deutschen Ablegers von Fridays for Future. Es wird darin, die Anschlussfähigkeit der Kommunikation der sozialen Bewegungen, die Klimaschutz zu ihrem Gegenstand erklärt haben, bewertet.
(Hidden) potentials for African languages in curriculum reforms
Education systems are globally reformed to focus more on competencies and be more pupil-centred. Post-colonial countries like Kenya and South Africa face severe educational challenges regarding access, language policy and the quality of education. Both countries share a colonial history under the British Empire. South Africa rolled out its Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) curriculum, but soon reformed and later changed it substantially to the new C…
Language policy and linguistic landscapes at schools in South Africa
Language policy and Linguistic Landscapes (LL) are a highly contested area in South Africa. Due to Apartheid, the education system constitutes the core of such contestation. In Post-Apartheid South Africa the new Constitution of 1996, the South African Schools Act (SASA) and recent political initiatives such as the Use of Official Languages Act of 2012 form the foundation of language policy at schools. The Constitution declares 11 official langua…
(Unused) potentials of educators’ covert language policies at public schools in Limpopo, South Africa
Language policy is an influencing factor of the educational outcome for pupils in Africa. Colonial languages have been largely used and African Languages are neglected. Despite this, the South African Constitution (1996) declares eleven official languages. However, curricular developments favour Afrikaans and English. To analyse the implementation of the official language policy, we focus on Limpopo Province. Over 1000 questionnaires were answere…
Language policy and linguistic landscapes at schools in South Africa
Language policy and Linguistic Landscapes (LL) are a highly contested area in South Africa. Due to Apartheid, the education system constitutes the core of such contestation. In Post-Apartheid South Africa the new Constitution of 1996, the South African Schools Act (SASA) and recent political initiatives such as the Use of Official Languages Act of 2012 form the foundation of language policy at schools. The Constitution declares 11 official langua…
Blurred lines in AC Jordan’s novel Ingqumbo Yeminyanya ( The Wrath of the Ancestors )
This article serves to fill a theoretical lacuna in African language literary scholarship. To date there have been very few literary geographic analyses related to South African literature and there are none that deal with African language literature. The purpose and objective of this article is to apply theoretical aspects of literary geography to an isiXhosa novel, Ingqumbo Yeminyanya. This novel, written by AC Jordan is perhaps the best known …
Language policy and linguistic landscapes at schools in South Africa
Language policy and Linguistic Landscapes (LL) are a highly contested area in South Africa. Due to Apartheid, the education system constitutes the core of such contestation. In Post-Apartheid South Africa the new Constitution of 1996, the South African Schools Act (SASA) and recent political initiatives such as the Use of Official Languages Act of 2012 form the foundation of language policy at schools. The Constitution declares 11 official langua…
(Unused) potentials of educators’ covert language policies at public schools in Limpopo, South Africa
Language policy is an influencing factor of the educational outcome for pupils in Africa. Colonial languages have been largely used and African Languages are neglected. Despite this, the South African Constitution (1996) declares eleven official languages. However, curricular developments favour Afrikaans and English. To analyse the implementation of the official language policy, we focus on Limpopo Province. Over 1000 questionnaires were answere…
Ist die Kommunikation von Fridays for Future anschlussfähig?
Der Beitrag wirft einen von der Systemtheorie Niklas Luhmanns inspirierten Blick auf die Klimabewegung in Deutschland, insbesondere des deutschen Ablegers von Fridays for Future. Es wird darin, die Anschlussfähigkeit der Kommunikation der sozialen Bewegungen, die Klimaschutz zu ihrem Gegenstand erklärt haben, bewertet.
(Hidden) potentials for African languages in curriculum reforms
Education systems are globally reformed to focus more on competencies and be more pupil-centred. Post-colonial countries like Kenya and South Africa face severe educational challenges regarding access, language policy and the quality of education. Both countries share a colonial history under the British Empire. South Africa rolled out its Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) curriculum, but soon reformed and later changed it substantially to the new C…
Blurred lines in AC Jordan’s novel Ingqumbo Yeminyanya ( The Wrath of the Ancestors )
This article serves to fill a theoretical lacuna in African language literary scholarship. To date there have been very few literary geographic analyses related to South African literature and there are none that deal with African language literature. The purpose and objective of this article is to apply theoretical aspects of literary geography to an isiXhosa novel, Ingqumbo Yeminyanya. This novel, written by AC Jordan is perhaps the best known …
Covid-19 vaccination campaigns for diverse language groups in Pennsylvania/USA and Western Cape/South Africa
Various health departments worldwide needed to react to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: first, conveying information about the virus itself, and later, announcing and promoting vaccinations. Multilingual, multimodal communication is essential during a crisis. Studies from early in the pandemic show some positive efforts and shortfalls in language inclusivity. We build on these to study COVID-19 communications with a later issue,…
‘Votescapes’
This study aims to investigate the use and visibility of languages on election posters through the concept of Linguistic Landscapes (LL). Hence, the following research question was the core of this study: What languages were used during the 2019 national election, and how linguistically inclusive are the election posters? Linguistic Landscapes is not only a purely linguistic phenomenon but rather reflects the reciprocal relationship between Lingu…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Language policy (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works)