Author: Msomi Bora

TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION Translation – Is the process of translating words or text from one language into another. – is the communication of meaning from one language (the source) to another language (the target). – Is a process by which ideas that are written in one language are represented by words of a different language. – it is the process was the meaning of expression in one language is turned in to the meaning of another language.The language from which the information is taken is known as source language {SL} and the one into which the meaning is turned is…

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WRITING SKILLS What is Writing? Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols. OR Writing is a form of communication that allows students to put their feelings and ideas on paper, to organize their knowledge and beliefs into convincing arguments, and to convey meaning through well-constructed text. What is Writing Skills? – Writing skills are those abilities where you take ideas and information and present them in a nice written format for others to read. Depending upon the type of writing you are doing, you present what you know in a format that conforms to the expectations of the…

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READING SKILLS Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning. It is a form of language processing. OR Is the process of going through written information or piece of work in order to get information or in order to understand the content of the message. Reading skills refers to the ability to understand written text. It is advisable to develop this skill at early age of schooling. When students comprehend or understand written text, and combine their understanding with prior knowledge, they are able to perform the following three reading-comprehension skills. 1. Identify simple facts presented in written text (literal comprehension) 2. Make…

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LISTENING SKILLS According to Oxford Living Dictionaries, to listen is to give attention to sound or action. When listening, one is hearing what others are saying, and trying to understand what it means. The act of listening involves complex affective, cognitive, and behavioral processes. Affective processes include the motivation to listen to others; cognitive processes include attending to, understanding, receiving, and interpreting content and relational messages; and behavioral processes include responding to others with verbal and nonverbal feedback. Listening is ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process. It involves identifying the sounds of speech and processing them into words…

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WORD FORMATION In linguistics, word formation is the creation of a new word. Word formation is sometimes contrasted with semantic change, which is a change in a single word’s meaning. The boundary between word formation and semantic change can be difficult to define: a new use of an old word can be seen as a new word derived from an old one and identical to it in form. Word Formation tries to explain the processes through which we can create new word forms. We’ve already seen some of these at work when we looked at morphemes and word classes, but now we’ll investigate them a little more…

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