Language

INTERESTING HISTORY DATES FROM THE PAST

29 May 1935  Andre Brink said to have been “one of South Africa’s foremost writers”  died 6 February 2015   He was a member of the Afrikaans literary movement of the 1960s Die Sestigers. He wrote over 60 books, some of…
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X  is  the twenty fourth letter of the English alphabet

Apart from words beginning with an X, what does an X on its own indicate?  The answer is fascinating.   X is the Roman numeral for  ten X is the abbreviation for Christ –as in Christmas. X  in algebra unknown…
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INTERESTING HISTORY DATES FROM THE PAST

From author to social worker to poet all who enriched our lives. 2 April 1882 PAULINE SMITH, author. In 1926 she published The Beadle, its setting being the Little Karoo.   Platkops Children a collection of  “childhood stories, verses and sketches”was…
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OOM KALLAS AND THE TORTOISES 

  Author:         Claerwen Howie Illustrator:     Meg Jordi Publisher :    Bumble Books ISBN :          9 78 Reviewer:     Dr Dawn Gould   The storyline of the book is about two young children who visit…
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DANCING TO LEARN

  Author:   Judith Lynne Hannah Publisher: Roman & Littlefield ISBN: 978-1-4758-0605-2 Reviewer:   Amy Gould   Dr Hanna, through extensive and intensive research, has given the art form of dance academic validation. As an anthropologist she has traced the…
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INTERESTING HISTORY DATES FROM THE PAST    

How different life would be if the public did not have access to the knowledge and writing of authors. The references this month are to authors each viewing life in a different way.              …
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TECHNOLOGY RELATIVE TO EDUCATION

Has technology aided the cause of education?   Yes without a doubt.  In a general sense technology has changed how human beings communicate, how their working lives are organized around computers, mobile phones, social networks – all due to the wonderful…
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A first letter in the English Alphabet

A   ………………… IS the first letter in the English alphabet is one we use daily either in the words we use when speaking or in spelling when we write.   It is an interesting letter.  Why? Because, when this letter stands…
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