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NB Notes: The modules TEX2601 and TEX3701 are offered parallel in Afrikaans and English. Students who major in Afrikaans must enroll for the Afrikaans version of TEX2601 and TEX3701. All other students may enroll for either the Afrikaans or the English version of TEX2601 and TEX3701.
The module AFK1502 is not a Beginners Afrikaans module. Students enrolling for AFK1502 should be proficient in Afrikaans.
BEd students with Afrikaans as Home Language should enroll for AFK1501 and AFK1502.
BEd students with Afrikaans as Additional Language should enroll for AFK1506 and AFK1503.
Major combinations:
NQF Level: 5: AFK1501 and AFK1502/AFK1503
NQF Level: 6: AFK2601, AFK2602, TEX2601
NQF Level: 7: AFK3701, AFK3702, AFK3703, AFK3704, TEX3701

Genre and Theme - AFK2601
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans
Pre-requisite: AFK1501
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to familiarise students with traditional and emerging literary genres and subgenres that are aptly suited to explore specific themes in Afrikaans prose and poetry. After completing this module, students will know why genre as a literary concept is not as clear-cut as it may seem, how genres are constantly evolving in different ways, and how genre as an integral element of Afrikaans literature forms part of a dynamic interaction between Afrikaans authors and texts.
Research Report - HRATL81
Honours NQF level: 8 Credits: 36
Module presented in English,Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: To enable students to enhance research contribution to the subjects of Afrikaans or Theory of Literature. Students will complete a research project that articulates with contextual factors prevailing in one of the following fields: Afrikaans linguistics, Afrikaans and Dutch literary studies, or Theory of Literature. They will be expected to propose a research problem and follow the relevant research steps towards a final presentation of their findings. The module will ensure that students who choose to continue with their Master's studies will become familiar with the basic research requirements expected from students at Master's level.
Afrikaanse Grammatika - AFK2602
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Pre-requisite: AFK1502 or AFK1503
Recommendation: Students to complete AFK1502 or AFK1503 before they enrol for this module.
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enhance studentsﾒ understanding of basic language concepts as they apply to Afrikaans phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. This module covers the basic knowledge and skillset crucial to linguists, language practitioners and language teachers on the one hand, and communication pathologists, computer scientists and legal practitioners on the other. Furthermore, this module contributes towards the language landscape of South Africa in the sense that it promotes multilingualism. This enhances the efforts in advancing literacy levels and aiding access to information in various spheres of South African society.
Behaviour Change and Communication - SBH4802
Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in Afrikaans,English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to the basic knowledge and skills they will need for understanding the complexity of HIV/AIDS-related behaviours and for the design, implementation and evaluation of a variety of HIV and AIDS communication interventions to redress these problematic behaviours.
Afrikaanse Grammatika vir Eerste Addisionele Sprekers - AFK2603
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans
Recommendation: Senior Certificate level of Afrikaans as an Additional Language
Purpose: To introduce first additional language speakers of Afrikaans to the basic elements of Afrikaans grammar, namely sound, word, sentence and semantic structure; and to enable students to describe, explain and apply these linguistic elements in spoken and written form. The module is offered in Afrikaans.
Storiewerelde en/in genrefiksie - AFK2604
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans
Recommendation: AFK1506
Purpose: This module is designed for students at Afrikaans first additional language level. Its purpose is to equip students with the knowledge and skills required to confidently read and evaluate Afrikaans texts from a variety of genres and subgenres. Afrikaans literature today has largely emanated from the constant evolution and dynamic interplay of such genres and narrative worlds, even stemming from the ancient tradition of oral storytelling. In this module, students will be introduced to the notion of "genre" as a useful yet somewhat problematical concept. They will examine how and why boundaries between "literary" and "popular" genres are not always clear-cut, and pay particular attention to kinds of genre fiction currently prominent in Afrikaans, such as crime and detective fiction, romantic fiction, horror, thriller and ghost stories. Finally, students will recognize that authors can stay true to a genre's specific conventions ("rules") or deliberately and creatively deviate from them, as is often the case with satire and parody.
Language Proficiency - LPAFRT8
Year module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans
Purpose: To gain insight in the following competencies: communicative, thinking, listen, read, write, speak and academic.
Writing Skills for the Communication Industry - TEX2601
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English,Afrikaans Module presented online
Recommendation: AFK1502 (for students who major in Afrikaans)
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the skills to plan, design, produce and write a variety of non-literary text types common in the communication industry, based on different principles within document design and using a variety of text structures. The Transformation principles of Africanisation and Graduateness are infused in the learning material and assessment practices, as far as it is reasonably practicable.
Communicative Scenario's - AFK3701
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Pre-requisite: AFK2601, AFK2602 & TEX2601 or AFK202U, AFK203V & TEX8216
Purpose: To familiarise students with literary communication in diverse scenarios and various forms. Students explore the actuality of disparate genres (literary criticism, cabaret, intertextual mixed modes drawing on other media) and their extensive communicative links with literature and other art forms. The module consists of three optional units, of which students may choose any two: (a) Text and image (b) Cabaret (c) Critics conversing.
Comparatism: Intertextual Dialogues - AFK3702
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Pre-requisite: AFK2601, AFK2602 & TEX2601 or AFK202U, AFK203V & TEX8216
Purpose: To gain knowledge and an understanding of Afrikaans drama and poetry, and to study these genres critically from a comparative point of view. Specific motifs and notions are foregrounded, such as power-relations in families and society, gender, Afrikaner identity, disability theatre, the slave narrative, anti-patriarchal AIDS and breast cancer elegies, Cape Flats elegies, the discourse on decoloniality, as well as motifs and notions associated with liminality and rites of passage. Texts published shortly before and after the turn of the millennium are scrutinised.
Language Variation and Language Politics - AFK3703
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Pre-requisite: AFK2601, AFK2602 & TEX2601
Purpose: To help students to develop and further their understanding of the phenomenon of language variation (dialects, sociolects and idiolects) and the various forms and guises of power and politics (from micro to macro level) that underpin these varieties as well as the processes of language planning.
Ekokritiek: Mens, teks en omgewing /Ecocriticism: Man, text and environment - AFK3704
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Pre-requisite: AFK2601, AFK2602 & TEX2601 or AFK202U, AFK203V & TEX8216
Purpose: To introduce native speakers of Afrikaans to Afrikaans literary texts exploring the complex relationships between humans and the environment. Students will be able to contextualize literature within the broader environmental discourse.
Persuasive Texts - TEX3701
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English,Afrikaans
Purpose: To enhance your knowledge of and skills in the design, writing and evaluation of persuasive texts.
Voetspore: Op reis deur die Afrikaanse Letterkunde - AFK1501
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans
Purpose: To improve students' understanding of Afrikaans literature by studying a collection of present day texts comprising different genres and oeuvres. Topical questions and the focus of the Afrikaans text on everyday issues form the core of this module. Students are introduced to reading, interpretation and life skills.
Afrikaans and Dutch Prose - AFK4801
Honours NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: Students completing this module successfully will be able to participate in a sophisticated discourse on Afrikaans and Dutch/Flemish works of prose. They will master skills that relate to reading and interpreting such texts, as well as the ability to articulate and motivate their opinions on a number of themes and historical movements in Afrikaans and Dutch/Flemish prose. They will be able to debate the influence that complex South African and global contexts have on works of prose.
Inleiding tot teksontwerp in Afrikaans - AFK1502
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: To improve students' proficiency in the analysis and writing of Afrikaans non-literary texts through a focus on general text skills: communication aims, reading skills, analysis of text structure, planning text structure, standard text designs, text characteristics, argumentative texts.
Afrikaans and Dutch Drama - AFK4802
Honours NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to sensitise students about the influences drama and society has on each other. Using this knowledge, they will be able to take part in discussions on the similarities and differences between plays originating from Africa and Europe, focusing on dramas in Afrikaans and Dutch. The module will equip them to motivate their own interpretations of these plays, and to explain the influence that canonised Afrikaans and Dutch plays have on theatre systems. Bearing in mind that persons and groups create plays to be performed, students that successfully complete the module will be able to motivate their ideas concerning periods in the history of Afrikaans drama.
Afrikaans Vandag: Taalkunde en skriftelike kommunikasie - AFK1503
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans
Purpose: The purpose of this first additional language module is to provide students with a basic knowledge of language in general, and Afrikaans specifically. Those who achieve this module can improve their listening, speaking, reading, writing, and perceptual abilities as well as their reproduction skills through an introduction to Afrikaans grammatical structures.
Afrikaans and Dutch Poetry - AFK4803
Honours NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: This module offers an overview and study of Afrikaans and Dutch poetry with an emphasis on developments since 1960. Specific attention is given to the oeuvres of a few pivotal literary figures, as well as theoretical aspects like the composition of a volume of poetry, intertextuality and themes such as religious poetry and gay poetry. Seven broad themes, which overlap by design, are set. Students are required to study any four themes. Apart from the set themes, students may also suggest and present further themes (in consultation with the lecturer) that reflect their own needs and interests. The purpose of this module is to enable students to see poetry as more than simply a series of isolated single texts that can be interpreted by means of text-centred mechanisms. Both intertextual relations and intertextual links between various oeuvres are studied, resulting in a view of Afrikaans and Dutch poetry as a wide-ranging dialogue constituting a polyphony of voices.
Afrikaans vir beginners - AFK1505
Year module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English,Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to prepare qualifying students with general principles and rules applicable to communicating in Afrikaans as a foreign language in a variety of settings. The successful students will be able to demonstrate understanding of basic written and oral texts in Afrikaans; respond orally and in writing by using the correct basic vocabulary and simple sentence constructions; use vocabulary and basic grammatical structures to converse both orally and in writing. The module lays foundational concepts and procedures in Afrikaans communication, where upon successful completion, students can enrol for more advanced modules in Afrikaans communications.
Sociolinguistics - AFK4804
Honours NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to introduce students to current theories and principles of sociolinguistics, language politics and language planning within the broader SA multilingual society, thus increasing their motivation to, and their capacity for providing solutions to these language challenges; and to equip students with the necessary skills to identify and analyse their own language variety within the broader Afrikaans speech community, thus facilitating their ability to think critically and holistically and act sensitively towards language diversity .
Ontdek die Afrikaanse Letterkunde - AFK1506
Under Graduate Degree Year module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the necessary skills, competences, values and attitudes necessary to master fundamental concepts of Afrikaans literature and interpretative skills founded on these concepts. This module is specifically aimed at B.Ed. (Foundation Phase)-students studying as a First Additional Language (FAL). The module covers relevant topics such as poetry for young children, different forms of storytelling and youth literature. These genres are taught at an introductory level by using a variety of accessible texts in Afrikaans.
Research Methodology - HMATL80
Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in English,Afrikaans Module presented online
Purpose: To equip students with the: (a) Capacity to participate in and critically reflect on the discourses that are prevalent in and among the various research traditions and the methodological frameworks with specific reference to language and literary studies; (b) Relevant theoretical embedding in order to make informed choices when required to conduct report writing.