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South Africa: The Diseased Nation? An Analysis of HIV/AIDS Sufferers’ Critique of the Redemptive Discourse of Nation-Building and the (Dis)Closure of National Traumas in Post-Apartheid South African HIV/AIDS Life-Writing

Ortega Montero, Óscar (Date of defense: 2022-03-18)

This Ph.D. dissertation explores the transformative potential of the HIV/AIDS experience in post-apartheid South Africa during the age of denialism under Thabo Mbeki’s mandate (1999-2008). To that end, the selection of ...

Succes or failure? The effect of the language of test on students’ academic achievement in rural Senegal

Martín-Chazeaud, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2017-11-17)

In most Sub-Saharan countries, children grow up in a local environment attached to a culture and an identity which are embraced by a local language. However, when they start compulsory school at the age of six, they have ...

Task-based pronunciation teaching and learning of L2 vowels in EFL learners: task complexity effects

Mora Plaza, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2023-06-06)

[eng] Second language (L2) pronunciation learning in foreign language instructional contexts is particularly challenging due to insufficient quantity and quality of L2 input. Decades of L2 speech acquisition research have ...

Task-Modality Effects: A Study of Task Complexity Effects in Speech and Writing

Vasylets, Olena (Date of defense: 2017-05-29)

One of the major areas of interest in task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT) has been the psycholinguistically-oriented strand, which explores the way in which task design may interact with second language (L2) ...

The effects of distribution, difficulty, and quantity of digital flashcard practice on language learning

Serfaty, Jonathan (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)

[eng] According to research into second language (L2) practice, learners should repeatedly engage in output activities with feedback in order to develop accuracy. Digital flashcards can be used to prompt L2 output and ...

The Performance of Racial and Gender Terror in debbie tucker green’s ear for eye (2018) and Travis Alabanza’s Burgerz (2018)

Massana Vidal, Elisabeth (Date of defense: 2023-05-26)

[eng] This PhD thesis, entitled “The Performance of Racial and Gender Terror in debbie tucker green’s ear for eye (2018) and Travis Alabanza’s Burgerz (2018)” contributes to the field of theatre studies by analysing how ...