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A study of students' metalinguistic competence and its probable effect in the Cambridge School Certificate Final Examinations
(Marang: Journal of Language and Literature, http://www.ajol.info/index.php/marang, 2010)
The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which students' understanding of key words in examination questions might influence their performance as illustrated by the number of subjects in which they obtain ...
Learner reading problems: a case of Khoe learners at Junior Secondary School
(University of Botswana, Department of English, http://www.ub.bw, 2010)
This article is part of a larger tracer study that investigated Khoe learners' reading ability of English at junior secondary school in Botswana. The research was carried out at Motshegaletau Primary School and Mothamo ...
The role of institutional repository in digital scholarly
(2013-05-14)
In this electronic publishing age, academic institutions including universities have increasingly
recognised that an institutional repository (IR) is an essential infrastructure of scholarly dissemination.
An IR is a ...
Promoting multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue through instituitions and initiatives of civil society organizations in Botswana
(Routledge (Taylor and francis), www.routledge.com, 2010)
Botswana is a multilingual and a multi-ethnic nation that has had a thriving multi-party democracy, peace, and stability since independence, in 1966. Despite the superficial impression that a casual observer may have of a ...
Limitations of British territorial control in Bechuanaland Protectorate, 1918–1953
(Routledge (Taylor and francis) www.routledge.com, 2010)
This article argues that the Kalahari desert region of the Kwena tribal reserve quietly slipped out of the imperial command from 1930–1950, at a time when British colonial authorities
achieved territorial control of the ...
The Khoisan in Botswana - Can multicultural discourses redeem them?
(Routledge (Taylor and francis) www.routledge.com, 2010)
The Khoisan people are one of the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa.
Botswana has the greatest diversity of these autochthonous communities. As
ethnic minorities, they are characterized in the main by small ...
Library and information needs of continuing education students at the University of Botswana: a case of two satellite centres
(2013-08-09)
The general
objective of this study is to investigate the library and information needs of the continuing
education students of the University of Botswana in some satellite campuses specifically in Selebi Phikwe and ...
A comparison of the information seeking pattern of distance learners in Botswana: a case study of four tertiary institutions
(Routledge (Taylor & Francis) www.routledge.com, 2010)
The study investigated the information seeking behaviour of two
categories of distance learners in Botswana, comprising the cross border
students and those that registered with the University
of Botswana. The return of ...
Information seeking behavior of the off-campus students at the University of Botswana: a case of two satellite centers
(Routledge (Taylor and francis)/www.routledge.com, 2010)
The focus of this study is on the information-seeking
behavior of the off-campus students in 2 of the 7 satellite centers
of the Centre for Continuing Education, the outreach arm of the
University of Botswana. Although ...
The reading behavior of junior secondary students during school holidays in Botswana
(International Reading Association, www.reading.org/, 2011)
Reports of the poor reading culture of Batswana appear periodically in the
popular media, especially the newspapers (see Baputaki, 2006; Hosia, 2007;
Seboni & Swartland, 2009). These impressionistic reports speak of an ...