After a semester component has been completed, the student writes an exam on it. The course consists of four compulsory sections. Reading strategies Communicative approach to literature Study of the reception of literary and non-literary texts Semiotics and visual communication 2. Communicative skills 3. Third language teaching in a multi-cultural classroom 4.
Candidates choose three of the components in section two and three.
This course is meant for prospective students who have not as yet obtained a degree, and can possibly be taken as a part of a BA degree by way of distance teaching as from 1997. Study material will be provided by way of the postal service which will be supplemented in lectures given during the holidays and explanations will be given by tutors in all the towns where there are groups of students. Language patterns for teaching The basic structurs of Afrikaans is examined and inculcated for verbal and written use. Afrikaans prose An overview of Afrikaans prose is given on the basis of short stories during the first semester and novels during the second semester. An overview of Afrikaans poetry is given and during the second semester the functioning of the comedy as well as the nature of the radio play is discussed on the basis of concrete texts.