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Purpose: This module will be useful to students who want
to develop competencies in interacting successfully in a
multicultural society. These competencies include the ability to
demonstrate their sensitivity to their own language usage and
that of others and interact across cultures with knowledge and
respect.
African Language and Culture in Practice - AFL1502
Semester module
NQF Level: 5
Credits: 12
Purpose: This module will be useful to students who want
to develop competencies in interacting successfully in a
multicultural society. These competencies include the ability
to understand the significance of language and culture so that
they can play a role in nurturing and safeguarding their own
language and culture.
Language and Communication Skills Acquisition in
an African Language I - AFL1503
Semester module
NQF Level: 5
Credits: 12
Prerequisite: May not be taken if African language
passed at Matriculation Level or is your Mother Tongue.
Purpose: To provide students with the opportunity to learn
the basic language structure and vocabulary of an African
language. Students who achieve the outcomes of this course
will be able to communicate on an elementary level with
speakers of the target language and be equipped with basic
reading, listening and comprehension skills. They will also be
culturally sensitive to language nuances on an elementary
level.
Language and Communication Skills Acquisition in
an African Language 2 - AFL1504
Semester module
NQF Level: 5
Credits: 12
Prerequisite: AFL1503
Purpose: To provide students with the opportunity to
grasp written content of African language literary texts at an
elementary level. Students who achieve the outcomes of this
course will be able to use vocabulary, figurative language and
idiomatic expressions in an original text, and be equipped with
basic reading, listening and comprehension skills.
Communication Dynamics in African Languages -
AFL2601
Semester module
NQF Level: 6
Credits: 12
Purpose: This module will be useful to students, who
want to develop their communicative competence, skills
and knowledge in African languages, especially as language
practitioners in the field of communication sciences. It
provides a broad background of the origins of African
languages and equips students with insights into the nature
of African languages, which will be of practical value to them
in the fields of language development, lexicography, human
language technologies, effective communication, verbal and
nonverbal interaction as well as multilingualism and language
contact.
Understanding African Management Practices as
Reflected in African Languages Literature and Texts
- AFL2602
Semester module
NQF Level: 6
Credits: 12
Purpose: This module will be useful to people who need
to communicate with people of different cultures. African
languages literature and texts are used to illustrate African
management practices and to inculcate an appreciation of
how societal values are expressed.
Literature and Society: A Perspective on African
Languages - AFL2603
Semester module
NQF Level: 6
Credits: 12
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce
students to the way in which African languages literature
depicts various aspects of society. This module will be useful
to students who want to develop competence, skill and
knowledge in understanding the various literary genres found
in African languages, critiquing literary works in African
languages, explaining the role of the author in addressing
societal issues and discovering the application of various
literary theories to African languages literature.
African Languages: The Science of Language in
Context - AFL3701
Semester module
NQF Level: 7
Credits: 12
Purpose: This module will be useful for students engaged in
language teaching and language practice (including remedial
teaching), editing, language consultancy (translating and
interpretation, language services), lexicography and glossary
development in different professions (medicine, health,
business, law, entertainment, sport, politics, religion). The
module aims to empower students to apply language in a
purposeful and focused way to the benefit of the community.
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and African
Languages - AFL3702
Semester module
NQF Level: 7
Credits: 12
Purpose: This module will empower students with an
understanding of African conduct and perspectives, making
them part of a developing community intellectually and
enabling them to identify with people’s values. Students will
be afforded access to terminology and activities of indigenous
knowledge systems in the development of African languages.
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