Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study explores how Grade 10 learners use the speech act of apology in an educational environment.Apologies are viewed in this study as a kind of remedial work; action taken to change what may be regarded as an offensive act into an acceptable one.Eight different strategies for complaining and twenty-one for apologising are presented with examples to illustrate each.Data was gathered using questionnaires in order to gain insight in the total number of complaint and apology strategies used.Analysis of the answered questionnaires showed that while there are strategies which are commonly used by both male and female learners, some strategies are used mostly by male learners and some mostly by female learners. OPSOMMINGDie studie ondersoek hoe graad 10-leerders die spraakhandeling van verskoning vra gebruik in 'n opvoedkundige omgewing.Verskonings word in die studie beskou as 'n soort remediërende werk; 'n aksie wat uitgevoer word om 'n handeling wat aanstoot kan gee, in 'n aanvaarbare handeling te verander.Agt verskillende strategieë om te kla en een-en-twintig om verskoning te vra word aangebied, met voorbeelde wat elkeen te illustreer.Data is versamel deur gebruik te maak van vraelyste om insig in die totale aantal kla-en verskoningstrategieë wat gebruik word, te verkry.Ontleding van die beantwoorde vraelyste het getoon dat alhoewel daar strategieë is wat algemeen deur sowel manlike as vroulike leerders gebruik word, sommige strategieë meer deur manlike leerders en ander meer deur vroulike leerders gebruik word.v NKOMISO Dyondzo leyi yi valanga hilaha vadyondzi va ntlawa wa khume va kombelaka ha kona ndzivalelo loko va endla swihoxo eka mbangu wa dyondzo.Eka dyondzo leyi, ku kombela ndzivalelo swi langutiwa ku ri, ntirho wo yo lulamisa maendlele lama nga tirhisiwaka ku cinca leswi nga langutiwaka ku ri maendlelo yo khunguvanyisa ku va maendlele lama amukelekaka.Ku na maqhingha ya nhungu yo kombisa ku vilela ni ya makume-mbirhin'we yo kombela ndzivalelo lama nga nyikiwa ni swikombiso ku hlamusela qhingha rin'wana ni rin'wana.Data yi hlengeletiwile hi ku tirhisa papila ra swivutiso leswi a swi endleriwa ku kuma ntwisiso wa nhlayo ya maqhingha leyi tirhisiweke ku kombisa ku vilela ni ku kombela ndzivalelo.Nhlahluvo wa papila ra swivutiso wu humeserile erivaleni leswaku ku na maqhingha lama tirhisiwaka hi xitalo hi vaxinuna ni vaxisati kasi man'wana ma tirhisiwa ngopfu hi vaxisati kumbe vaxinuna.vi
Author: Mihloti Penelope Sombhane
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1890010365