Research Output

LC written research output: 2016 to 2026

We’ve listed all the publications Language Centre staff have authored or co-authored since 2016. Feel free to get in touch with any of them!

2026

George, E. B. 2026. Multilingual medical communication: Staff with different language repertoires in an intensive care environment. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/28d74191-581e-4d0e-8e9a-61ca203e30dc

Lotz, S., Van Noord, R.I.K. and Van Noord, G.J.M. 2026. Getting close to cloze: Investigating language model and human cloze-test performance in Afrikaans. In: Matfunjwa, M., Setaka, M., Mabuya, R. and Van Zaanen, M. (eds), Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) 2026 @LREC, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 12 May 2026. Available: https://doi.org/10.63317/4th5sqwn9wjb

2025

Benayo, X. 2025. Umntu ngumntu ngabantu – Uhlalutyo Nzulu lweFilosofi yoBuntu kuluncwadi lukaJ.J.R. Jolobe, uJ. Solilo noW.W. Gqoba (A Critical Analysis of The Ubuntu – Umntu ngumntu ngabantu Philosophy in the Literary Works of J.J.R Jolobe, J. Solilo and W.W. Gqoba). Unpublished PhD dissertation. Makhanda: Rhodes University. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/10962/478489

Jansen, C., Douma, A., Karreman, J. and Ravesteijn, J. 2025. Leren communiceren. 9th edn. Groningen: Noordhoff. Available: https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/leren-communiceren-4/

2024

Davis, B. and Jansen, C. 2024. ‘Educating vulnerable communities about diabetes: Can a fotonovela work?’, Health Education Journal, 83(3), pp. 269–281. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969241236595

De Kock, P.E. 2024. Legally bound: exploring the relationship between ‘legal consciousness’ and ‘incidental learning’ through concept analysis. Unpublished MPhil thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University.

Mkumatela, A. 2024. ‘Die konseptuele raamwerk vir die ontwerp van ’n taakgebaseerde sillabus met gefokusde pedagogiese vertaaltake vir Afrikaansvreemdetaalstudente’, Tydskrif vir Nederlands en Afrikaans, 31(1), pp. 183–201. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-tna-v31-n1-a10

Molubo, R., Johnson, S. and Mazwi, N. 2024. ‘Umfazi wePhepha, Umfazi wesiNtu: The chronicles of the law of marriage kwaXhosa as depicted in Mothlabane’s drama Iinkunzi Ezimbini’, in Zulu, N.S. and Mkhize, T. (eds), African Literature: Beyond the Western Gaze. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press.

Schlatmann, F., Van Balken, M., De Winter, A., De Jong, I.J. and Jansen, C. 2024. ‘Developing a new urology questionnaire from the patient’s perspective’, Information Design Journal, 29(2), pp. 92–107. Available: https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.24004.sch

2023

Brewis, C., Lötter, R., De Kock, E., De Jager, S., Wheeler, R., Van den Berg, N. and Botha, T. 2023. ‘Perceptions of educational interpreting at SU: Towards a more informed and supportive interpreting service’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 64(1), pp. 145–163. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/64-1-910

Dullaart, A.G.G., Coetsee, Y.C., Farmer, J.L., Feldman, J.A., Joorst, J.P., Loots, R., McKay, M.A. and Ntwasa, S. 2023. ‘Challenges of transforming curricula: Reflections by an interdisciplinary Community of Practice’, Transformation in Higher Education, 8, p. a301. Available: https://doi.org/10.4102/the.v8i0.301

Ellis, C. 2023. Interpreting scientific and technical discourse in tertiary classrooms: A case study. Unpublished MA thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University.

Jansen, C. 2023. ‘Introduction: Using a U-turn construction in information design’, Information Design Journal, 28(3), pp. 195–199. Available: https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.00019.jan

Mkumatela, A. 2023. ”n Ondersoek na die gebruik van vertaalmetodes deur Afrikaanstaalverwerwingstudente’, LitNet Akademies, 20(3), pp. 1054–1093. Available: https://www.litnet.co.za/n-ondersoek-na-die-gebruik-van-vertaalmetodes-deur-afrikaanstaalverwerwingstudente/

Sass, J. and Adendorff, E.M. 2023. ‘Agter die skerms: Navorsingsmetodologie vir die ontwerp van ‘n uitspraaktoepassingsmodel gemik op vreemdetaalsprekers van Afrikaans (deel 1 van ‘n drieluik)’, LitNet Akademies, 20(2), pp. 322–352. Available: https://www.litnet.co.za/agter-die-skerms-navorsingsmetodologie-vir-die-ontwerp-van-n-uitspraaktoepassingsmodel-gemik-op-vreemdetaalsprekers-van-afrikaans-deel-1-van-n-drieluik/

Sass, J. and Adendorff, E.M. 2023. ”n Model vir ‘n slimfoontoepassing vir Afrikaanse uitspraak in ‘n gemengde-leer-en-onderrigprogram (deel 3 van ‘n drieluik)’, LitNet Akademies, 20(2), pp. 405–448. Available: https://www.litnet.co.za/n-model-vir-n-slimfoontoepassing-vir-afrikaanse-uitspraak-in-n-gemengde-leer-en-onderrigprogram-deel-3-van-n-drieluik/

Sass, J. and Adendorff, E.M. 2023. ‘Teoretiese begronding vir die ontwerp van ‘n uitspraaktoepassingsmodel gemik op vreemdetaalsprekers van Afrikaans (deel 2 van ‘n drieluik)’, LitNet Akademies, 20(2), pp. 353–404. Available: https://www.litnet.co.za/teoretiese-begronding-vir-die-ontwerp-van-n-uitspraaktoepassingsmodel-gemik-op-vreemdetaalsprekers-van-afrikaans-deel-2-van-n-drieluik/

2022

Brewis, C. 2022. ‘Some material aspects of an interpreted university lecture: Gaining insight into the realities of interpreter-mediated teaching and learning’, Translation and Interpreting Studies, 17(1), pp. 66–87. Available: https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.21010.bre

Joubert, D. C. 2022. Exploring the lifelong learning journeys of two South African Sign Language (SASL) interpreters at a South African university. Unpublished MPhil thesis. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University.

Schlatmann, F.W., Van Balken, M.R., De Winter, A.F., De Jong, I.J. and Jansen, C.J. 2022. ‘How do patients understand questions about lower urinary tract symptoms? A qualitative study of problems in completing urological questionnaires’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), p. 9650. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159650

Svongoro, P. and Wallmach, K. 2022. ‘The challenges of technical sight translation in criminal proceedings: Insights from English-Shona Trials in Zimbabwe’, in Ralarala, M.K., Kaschula, R.H. and Heydon, G. (eds), Language and Law: Global Perspectives in Forensic Linguistics. Stellenbosch: African Sun Media, pp. 145–162. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/367672376_The_challenges_of_technical_sight_translation_in_criminal_proceedings_Insights_from_English-Shona_trials_in_Zimbabwe

Wallmach, K. and Okagbue, N. 2022. ‘Conference interpreting in Sub-Saharan Africa’, in Albl-Mikasa, M. and Tiselius, E. (eds), Routledge Handbook of Conference Interpreting. London: Routledge, pp. 216–230. Available: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429297878-17

2021

Davis, H.D. and Jansen, C. 2021. ‘Deploying a fotonovela to combat methamphetamine abuse among South Africans with varying levels of health literacy’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), p. 6334. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126334

Du Plessis, M. 2021. ‘Communication in multilingual healthcare contexts: Training towards patient-centredness’, in Fourie-Malherbe, M. (ed.), Creating Conditions for Student Success: Social justice perspectives from a South African university. Stellenbosch: African Sun Media, pp. 141–165.

Jansen, C., Koops Van ‘t Jagt, R., Reijneveld, S.A., Van Leeuwen, E., De Winter, A.F. and Hoeks, J. 2021. ‘Improving health literacy responsiveness: A randomized study on the uptake of brochures on doctor-patient communication in primary health care waiting rooms’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), p. 5025. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18095025

Sebolai, K.W. 2021. ‘Generic academic literacy testing: A logical precursor for faculty-specific language teaching and assessment’, in Weideman, A.J., Read, J.A. and Du Plessis, T. (eds), Assessing Academic Literacy in a Multilingual Society: Transition and Transformation. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, pp. 151–169. Available: https://doi.org/10.21832/9781788926218-011

2020

Brewis, C. 2020. Die produksienetwerk van ’n getolkte lesing binne die universiteitskonteks: ’n etnografiese ondersoek. Unpublished PhD dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. Available: https://lirias.kuleuven.be/2871962

Davis, H.D. and Jansen, C. 2020. ‘Using a fotonovela to battle crystal meth in South Africa’, Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 19(1), pp. 151–169. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2019.1568335

Kotzé, H. and Wallmach, A.K. 2020. ‘Interpreting research in South Africa: Where to begin to transform?’, in Kaschula, R.H. and Wolff, H.E. (eds), The Transformative Power of Language: From Postcolonial to Knowledge Societies in Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 304–325. Available: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108671088.017

Mothapo, N.P., Phiri, E.E., Maduna, T.L., Malgas, R.R., Richards, R.J., Sylvester, T.T., Nsikani, M.M., Boonzaaier-Davids, M.K. and Moshobane, M.C. 2020. ‘We object to Bad Science: Poor research practices should be discouraged!’, South African Journal of Science, 116(Special Issue), p. 8592. Available: https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/8592

Ooms, J.A., Jansen, C. and Hoeks, J. 2020. ‘The story against smoking: An exploratory study into the processing and perceived effectiveness of narrative visual smoking warnings’, Health Education Journal, 79(2), pp. 166–179. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896919867436

2019

Beukes, V. 2019. ‘The effect of four of Richard Mayer design principles on vocabulary retention in an Afrikaans computer programme’, Computer Assisted Language Learning, 32(1–2), pp. 118–131. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2018.1488737

Beukes, V. and Adendorff, E.M. 2019. ‘Die gradering en ordening van drie teikentake binne ’n taakgebaseerde leer-en-onderrig-program vir nie-Afrikaanssprekende internasionale universiteitstudente’, LitNet Akademies, 16(2), pp. 554–583. Available: https://www.litnet.co.za/die-gradering-en-ordening-van-drie-teikentake-binne-n-taakgebaseerde-leer-en-onderrig-program-vir-nie-afrikaanssprekende-internasionale-universiteitstudente/

Coetsee, Y.C. 2019. ‘Some challenges of collaboration between academic literacies specialists and subject specialists: framing the difference’, Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning, 35(1), pp. 29–47. Available: https://doi.org/10.5785/35-1-802

Jansen, C., De Graaf, A., Hustinx, L.G.M.M., Ooms, J.A., Schreinemakers, M. and Zwiers, L. 2019. ‘Beïnvloedt een meer of minder sympathieke protagonist de transportatie van de lezer? Twee nieuwe replicatiestudies’, Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing, 41(3), pp. 515–546. Available: https://doi.org/10.5117/TVT2019.3.005.JANS

Januarie, V. 2019. ‘Using reflective pedagogy to improve writing consultant practice’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 57, pp. 225–229. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/57-0-825

Koops Van ‘t Jagt, R., Tan, S.L., Hoeks, J., Spoorenberg, S.L.W., Reijneveld, S.A., De Winter, A.F., Lippke, S. and Jansen, C. 2019. ‘Using photo stories to support doctor-patient Communication: Evaluating a communicative health literacy intervention for older adults’, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, p. 3726. Available: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193726

Ooms, J.A., Hoeks, J. and Jansen, C. 2019. ‘De rol van gelijkenis bij narratieven’, Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing, 41(1), pp. 229–242. Available: https://doi.org/10.5117/TVT2019.1.016.OOMS

Ooms, J.A., Hoeks, J. and Jansen, C. 2019. ‘Hey, that could be me?: The role of similarity in narrative persuasion’, PLoS ONE, 14(4), p. e0215359. Available: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215359

Richards, R.J. 2019. ‘Autoethnography’, in Klugman, C. and Lamb, E.G. (eds), Research Methods in Health Humanities. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 221–235. Available: https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190918514.003.0014

Richards, R.J. 2019. ‘Shame, silence and resistance: How my narratives of academia and kidney disease entwine’, Feminism and Psychology, 29(2), pp. 269–285. Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353518786757

Richards, R.J., Lackay, A. and Delport, S. 2019. ‘Space, place and power in South African writing centres: Special issue in honour of Sharifa Daniels’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 57, pp. I–xiv. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/57-0-804

Sebolai, K.W. 2019. ‘Validating the performance standards set for language assessments of academic readiness: The case of Stellenbosch University’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 56, pp. 79–95. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/56-0-796

Svongoro, P. and Wallmach, A.K. 2019. ‘A Zimbabwean perspective on the effect of interpreter initiated turns: Interactional dynamics in the adversarial courtroom’, in Ralarala, M.K., Kaschula, R.H. and Heydon, G. (eds), New Frontiers in Forensic Linguistics: Themes and Perspectives in Language and Law in Africa and Beyond. Stellenbosch: Sun Media, pp. 175–218. Available: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1nzg0ng.16

Svongoro, P. and Wallmach, A.K. 2019. ‘Interpreters’ treatment of questions during consecutively interpreted interactions in Zimbabwean courtrooms’, South African Journal of African Languages/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Afrikatale, 39(3), pp. 324–329. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2019.1672344

Van Wijk, H. and Jansen, C. 2019. ‘Effecten van anti-rookboodschappen bij jongeren: Een conceptueel replicatieonderzoek’, Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing, 41(1), pp. 315–328. Available: https://doi.org/10.5117/TVT2019.1.022.WIJK

2018

Binneman, A. 2018. A genre-based approach to the development of writing skills in Afrikaans as a second language at university level. Unpublished PhD dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/103332

Donne, L., Jansen, C. and Hoeks, J. 2018. ‘The influence of conversational content on college students’ safe sex intentions: A mixed method approach’, Global Journal of Health Science, 10(3), pp. 147–160. Available: https://doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v10n3p147

Geboers, B., Uiters, E., Reijneveld, S.A., Jansen, C., Almansa, J., Nooyens, A.C.J., Verschuren, W.M.M., De Winter, A.F. and Picavet, H.S.J. 2018. ‘Health literacy among older adults is associated with their 10-years’ cognitive functioning and decline: The Doetinchem cohort study’, BMC Geriatrics, 18, p. 77. Available: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0766-7

Koops Van ‘t Jagt, R., Hoeks, J., Duizer, C.E., Baron, M., Molina, G.B., Unger, J.B. and Jansen, C. 2018. ‘Sweet temptations: How does reading a fotonovela about diabetes affect Dutch adults with different levels of literacy?’, Health Communication, 33(3), pp. 284–290. Available: https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2016.1258617

Richards, R.J., Mapumulo, C. and Swartz, L. 2018. ‘Silence is violence’: Claiming voice for disability in higher education transformation, in Pattman, R.W. and Carolissen, R.L. (eds), Transforming Transformation in Research and Teaching at South African Universities. Stellenbosch: African Sun Media, pp. 321–334. Available: https://african-sun-media.co.za/

Sebolai, K.W. 2018. ‘Revisiting the meaning of validity for language testing: The case of two tests of English language ability’, Journal for Language Teaching, 52(1), pp. 152–168. Available: https://doi.org/10.4314/jlt.v52i1.8

Sebolai, K.W. 2018. ‘The differential predictive validity of a test of academic literacy for students from different school English language backgrounds’, Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 36(2), pp. 105–116. Available: https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2018.1480899

Van Rensburg, A. 2018. Revisie: een aspek van kwaliteitbestuur in ’n akademiese vertaalkantoor. Unpublished PhD dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/104803

2017

Adendorff, E., Binneman, A. and Du Plessis, J.-M. 2017. ‘Die gebruik van onderskrifte in die onderrig en leer van Afrikaanse woordeskat en begrip’, LitNet Akademies, 14(3), pp. 896–926. Available: https://www.litnet.co.za/die-gebruik-van-onderskrifte-die-onderrig-en-leer-van-afrikaanse-woordeskat-en-begrip/

Beukes, V. 2017. ʼn Taakgebaseerde rekenaargesteunde leer- en onderrigprogram vir sosiale Afrikaans vir nie-Afrikaanssprekende internasionale studente aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch. Unpublished PhD dissertation. Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University. Available: https://scholar.sun.ac.za/items/914db00c-fe6e-4f43-b98a-51b5f66e36f9

Brewis, C. 2017. ‘The value of Actor-Network-Theory and an ethnographic research strategy for the investigation of educational interpreting at Stellenbosch University’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 53, pp. 13–24. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/53-0-731

Daniels, S. and Richards, R.J. 2017. ‘Equitable multilingualism? The case of Stellenbosch University Writing Laboratory’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 53, pp. 59–77. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/53-0-734

Daniels, S., Richards, R.J. and Lackay, A. 2017. ‘The Writing Lab in the centre: A collaborative model for integrating writing consultations in a first year engineering module’, in Clarence, S. and Dison, L. (eds), Writing Centres in Higher Education: Working In and Across the Disciplines. Stellenbosch: Sun Media, pp. 129–144. Available: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1nzfxgg.14

Foster, L. and Cupido, A. 2017. Assessing spoken-language educational interpreting: measuring up and measuring right. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 53, pp. 119–132, doi:10.5842/53-0-736.

Jansen, C., Richards, R.J. and Van Zyl, L. 2017. ‘Evaluating four readability formulas for Afrikaans’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 53, pp. 149–166. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/53-0-739

Lotz, S. 2017. ‘It may be copyrighted, but it still needs help: Improving research questionnaires by means of intralingual translation’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 53, pp. 167–181. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/53-0-740

Van Rensburg, A. 2017. ‘Developing assessment instruments: The effect of a reviser’s profile on the quality of the revision product’, Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series: Themes in Translation Studies, 16, pp. 71–88. Available: https://doi.org/10.52034/lanstts.v16i0.433

Van Rensburg, A. 2017. ‘Kernstappe vir kwaliteitbestuur in die vertaalbedryf en in akademiese vertaalkantore’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 53, pp. 195–214. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/53-0-745

2016

Basson, C.S. and Haroun, F. 2016. Developing and teaching a first-year professional communication course at an engineering school in South Africa. In: Swart, A.J. (ed.), 6th African Engineering Education Association 2016 (AEEA2016). Bloemfontein: Central University of Technology, pp. 131–136.

Daniels, S. and Richards, R.J. 2016. ‘From autopsy to autonomy in writing centres: Postgraduate students’ response to two forms of feedback in a health professions education module’, Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning, 32(3), pp. 48–59. Available: https://doi.org/10.5785/32-3-644

Lotz, S. and Van Rensburg, A. 2016. ‘Omission and other sins: Tracking the quality of online machine translation output over four years’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 46, pp. 77–97. Available: https://doi.org/10.5774/46-0-223

Richards, R.J. 2016. ‘Saying the word: Voice and silence in an autoethnography about chronic illness’, Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 49, pp. 233–247. Available: https://doi.org/10.5842/49-0-660

Richards, R.J. 2016. ‘Subject to interpretation: Autoethnography and the ethics of writing about the embodied self’, in Pillay, D., Naicker, I. and Pithouse-Morgan, K. (eds), Academic Autoethnographies: Inside Teaching in Higher Education. Rotterdam: Sense, pp. 163–174. Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-399-5

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