Albert Weideman pages
Articles
1977. Three journeys: one tradition. Standpunte 130 [Vol. 30 (4): 55-62].
1977b. Philosophical elements in Four Quartets. Koers 42 (6): 525-532.
1979a. Some basic semiotic categories. Anakainosis 1 (4): 2-7.
1979b. Theses on P.A. Verburg's linguistic theory. Anakainosis 2 (1): 8-9.
1985. The role of the psychology of language in applied linguistics. Acta academica Series B 20 (101-107).
1991. Faith and objectivity in linguistic science. Language matters (UK) 1: 10-11.
1999. Five generations of applied linguistics: some framework issues. Acta academica 31 (1): 77-98.
2001. The old and the new: reconsidering eclecticism in language teaching. Per linguam 17 (1): 1-13.
2003a. Towards accountability: a point of orientation for post-modern applied linguistics in the third millennium. Literator. 24(1): 1-20.
2003d. A ssessing and developing academic literacy. Per linguam 19 (1 & 2): 55-65.
2006a. Transparency and accountability in applied linguistics. Southern African linguistics and applied language studies 24(1): 71-86.
2006b. Assessing academic literacy in a task-based approach. Language matters 37(1): 81-101.
2006c. A systematically significant episode in applied linguistics. In L.O.K Lategan & J.H. Smit (guest editors) (2006) Time and context relevant philosophy. Special edition 1 of the Journal for Christian scholarship 42 (November; pp. 231-244).
2007a. Overlapping and divergent agendas: Writing and applied linguistics research. Forthcoming in C. van der Walt (ed.) Living through languages: An African tribute to Rene Dirven . Stellenbosch: African Sun Media. Pp. 147-163. ISBN: 1-919980-31-8.
2007b. The redefinition of applied linguistics: modernist and postmodernist views. Southern African linguistics and applied language studies 25(4):589-605.
2007c. A responsible agenda for applied linguistics: confessions of a philosopher .LSSA/SAALA/SAALT keynote address July. Per linguam 23(2): 29-53.
Bibliography
Popular or shorter articles and reviews
1972 Hoe gemaak met Vergilius en die Latynse letterkunde? Die Skoolblad/The Teacher 60 (7): 16-20; & (9): 3-9.
1974 How to tread upon serpents and scorpions (Review). Vanguard (March/April).
1979 Gebruiksengels vir professioneles (Review) Die Volksblad 29 May.
1980 Laat die wêreld daarbuite binnekom. Die Vrystaatse onderwyser/The Free State teacher 70 (9): 8-13.
1981 a - Review of N.T. van der Merwe (ed.) Interpretasie en oordeel. Koers 46 (3): 293-295.
b - Geregtigheid is nie 'n 'ja, maar ...'-beginsel nie! Roeping en riglyne 29 (2).
1982 Voorvrae by konstitusionele hervorming. Woord en daad 22/233: 9-11.
1985 a - Geskiedenis wat anders is: van wolf tot skaapwagter (Review of C. van Onselen's The small matter of a horse). Die Volksblad 20 April.
b - What's in a text? Report on a conference on Discourse Analysis in Language Teaching and Translation - Hasselt, Belgium (25-26 October 1985). Linguistics Society of Southern Africa Supplement 4 (2): 10-13.
1986 Linguistics Society of Southern Africa Supplement 6 (1): 14-17.
1987 Second and foreign language teaching in the USA: some highlights of a USIA Multi-regional Project: November/December
1999 a - ‘Warm wind’ se storietjie yl, maar skrywer het potensiaal. Review of Helloise Norval’s Warm wind blowing. Beeld. 29 November: 11.
2000 a - Vrees dan tog nie … Review of Rentia Mans’s English oh so easy! Beeld. 14 February: 9.
c - Satire wat niemand en niks in SA ontsien. Review of Peter Wilhelm’s The state we’re in. Beeld. 20 March: 11.
d - AS Byatt se ‘Elementals’ ses kortverhale met ’n verskil. Review of A.S. Byatt’s Elementals. Beeld. 3 April: 7.
e - Is Adam Nicolson ’n nuwe geslag pastorale filosoof? Review of Adam Nicolson’s Perch Hill. Beeld. 17 April: 13.
f - ‘The Hours’ vir opsy sit, herkou. Review of Michael Cunningham’s The Hours. Beeld. 5 June 2000: 9.
g - Al die bestanddele van Allende-vertelvernuf. Review of Isabel Allende’s Daughter of fortune. Beeld. 31 July 2000: 13.
h - Iets nuuts vir die Byatt-aangangers. Review of A.S. Byatt’s The biographer’s tale. Beeld. 20 November 2000: 13.
2001 a - Pakistan in die jare vyftig deur die oë van ’n kind. Review of Yvonne Roberts’s A history of insects. Beeld. 15 January: 9.
c - Veeldheid stemme, style in Sontag-roman. Review of Susan Sontag’s In America. Beeld. 12 March 2001: 13.
d – with R. Adendorff. Tribute to John Keith Chick. In R. Adendorff, L. Kassanga & A.J. Weideman (eds.). Language and accountability: towards a socially sensitive applied linguistics. Special issue of Southern African linguistics and applied language studies 19: vi.
Research reports
1987 - with J.J. Fourie. Industrial communication project, Namibia Chamber of Mines: preliminary report.
1988 - with E.P. Beukes. Education in the OFS: a development perspective. Bloemfontein: The Urban Foundation.
1989 - with L.A. Alston. Regional education profile: OFS. Bloemfontein: The Urban Foundation.
1990 - with L.A. Alston & K. van Loggerenberg. Regional education profile: OFS. Bloemfontein: The Urban Foundation.
1993 Regional education profile: OFS. Bloemfontein: The Urban Foundation.
Books and video programmes
1985 a - Making certain: a course for advanced learners of English. Bloemfontein: Patmos.
b - with G.J. van Jaarsveld: Doelgerigte Afrikaans; St. 8 & 9: kommunikatiewe oefeninge, aktiwiteite, rolspeletjies en strategieë. Bloemfontein: Patmos.
c - with G.J. van Jaarsveld: Doelgerigte Afrikaans 1: handleiding vir onderwysers. Bloemfontein: Patmos.
d - with G.J. van Jaarsveld, B. van Rensburg & M.C.J. van Rensburg. Vier kommunikatiewe taaloefeninge. Video. Bloemfontein: BUE, UOFS.
1986a Linguistics: a crash course for students. Bloemfontein: Patmos.
1987 - with R. Olivier, P. Wyndham & M. Pretorius. Saturday morning in town: a neighbourhood-to-neighbourhood experimental ESL class. Video. Bloemfontein: BUE, UOFS.
1988 a - (ed.) Styles of teaching and styles of learning: proceedings of the Sixth National SAALA Conference. Bloemfontein: University of the OFS.
1989 a - with A Grobbelaar, B.M. Kitching & R. Belter. Easing into English: a programme for beginners. Video. Bloemfontein: The Urban Foundation.
1991 - with M Rousseau. Starting English: a first course for children. Johannesburg: Heinemann-Centaur in association with English Language Methods and Programmes (ELMAP).
1994 a - with Matty Strydom and Genoniva Taylor. Starting English. Video. Bloemfontein: ELMAP.
1995 - with Matty Strydom. Afskop in Afrikaans: ’n eerste kursus vir kinders. Heinemann/Centaur in association with Language Methods and Programmes (L-MAP).
2000 (ed.) Socially responsible applied linguistics. Proceedings of the Southern African Applied Linguistics Association 2000 conference. Vols 1 & 2. Bellville: SAALA.
2001 (ed.) - with R. Adendorff & L. Kassanga. Language and accountability: towards a socially sensitive applied linguistics. Special issue of Southern African linguistics and applied language studies 19.
2002 Designing language teaching: on becoming a reflective professional. Pretoria: BE at UP. ISBN 1-86854-436-2. 109 p.
2003 Academic literacy: prepare to learn. Van Schaik, Pretoria. ISBN 0 627 02541 2.
2006 (ed.) - with B. Smeija. Empowerment through language and education: Cases and case studies from North America, Europe, Africa and Japan. Volume 65 of the series Duisburg papers on research in language and culture. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. ISBN 3-631-55088-X.
2007 Academic literacy: prepare to learn (Second edition). Van Schaik, Pretoria. ISBN 978 0 627 02690 4.
(forthcoming) Beyond expression: A systematic study of the foundations of linguistics. Submitted to The Reformational Publishing Project in association with Paidea Press.
Academic articles
1969 Karaktertekening in die Latynse letterkunde - met spesiale verwysing na Aeneas en Dido in die epos van Vergilius. Shimla 1969: 14-16.
1974 The Nietzschean superdog. Philosophia reformata 39 (1 & 2) : 66-76.
1977 a - Three journeys: one tradition. Standpunte 130 [Vol. 30 (4): 55-62].
b - Philosophical elements in Four Quartets. Koers 42 (6): 525-532.
1979 a - with D.F.M. Strauss & D.J. van den Berg: Some basic semiotic categories. Anakainosis 1 (4): 2-7.
b - Theses on P.A. Verburg's linguistic theory. Anakainosis 2 (1): 8-9.
1982 Oor metode en metodologie. Interim 3, Occasional publication of the INVS (3-10).
1983 The systematic bases for the distinction linguistics/applied linguistics. SA journal of linguistics 1 (1): 38-52.
1984 a - General and typical concepts of textual continuity. SA journal of linguistics 2 (1): 69-84.
b - with M.C.J. van Rensburg: 'n Kantaantekening by die grammatika van skryftaal. SA Journal of linguistics 2 (3) : 125-128.
c - From communicative to transactional competence. In K. Chick (ed.) Proceedings of the Third National Southern African Applied Linguistics Association Conference. Durban:University of Natal. Pp. 202-212.
d - On the possibility of synthesizing humanistic and communicative approaches to language teaching. Journal for language teaching 18 (3) : 2-9.
1985 a - The role of the psychology of language in applied linguistics. Acta academica Series B 20 (101-107).
b - Discovering conversational units. Acta academica Series B/2: Fokus op die taalkunde (195-207).
c - Vier rigtings in kommunikatiewe taalonderrig. Neon 48: 42-51.
d - Teaching the future teachers: from the analysis of classroom talk to the development of materials. L.A.U.D.T. (Linguistic Agency University of Duisburg, formerly Trier) papers Series B142. 19 pp.
1986 a - with S.F. Visser: A measure of texture: cohesion in English radio drama dialogue and actual conversation. Pre-published in Textures 2 (1-18); SA journal of linguistics 4 (2) : 87-105.
b - with J. Raath & P.J. van der Walt: Continuity and discontinuity in talk: some brief notes on summonses. SA journal of linguistics 4 (4) : 90-100.
c - Directions in communicative language teaching. L.A.U.D.T. Papers B150. 21 pp.
1987 - G.J. Orr, W.J. Greyling, M. Pretorius & E. van Pletzen: Saturday morning in town: a neighbourhood-to-neighbourhood experimental ESL class for pre-school and school-age children from Mangaung township and a Bloemfontein suburb. Journal for language teaching 21 (3): 83-89.
1988 a - An experimental ESL beginners class. ELTIC reporter 13 (1): 4-12.
b - with S.F. Visser: Some suggestions for an improved format for testing concord. Matlhasedi 7 (1 & 2): 28 (September).
c - with E.P. Beukes. Education in the OFS: a development perspective. Working paper for a conference on Regional Development in the OFS. Bloemfontein: The Urban Foundation.
d - with L. Verster: "Two roads diverged ...": an analysis of the achievement of partings. SA journal of linguistics 6 (4): 55-68.
1989 Autocratic, technocratic and revolutionary trends in language teaching. Tertiary education news: focus on higher education (May). Durban: Centre for Tertiary Development, M.L. Sultan Technikon (reprinted in 1990 in Language projects review 5 (1): 4-6.
1990 a - with L.A. Alston: Regional education profile: OFS. Bloemfontein: The Urban Foundation.
b - with M. Pretorius: Proposal for a communicative test at beginner level. Practical English teaching (UK) June 1990, 10 (4): 55-56.
c - Struggling into Sesotho: a community language learning (CLL) experience. In K. Chick (ed.) Searching for relevance: contextual issues in applied linguistics in Southern Africa. Durban: SAALA. Pp. 414-420.
1991 Faith and objectivity in linguistic science. Language matters (UK) 1: 10-11.
1994 Five generations of applied linguistics: some framework questions. In A.J. Weideman (ed.) Redefining applied linguistics: proceedings of the 14th annual SAALA conference. Bloemfontein: SAALA.
1999 Five generations of applied linguistics: some framework issues. Acta academica 31 (1): 77-98.
2001 The old and the new: reconsidering eclecticism in language teaching. Per linguam 17 (1): 1-13.
2002 a - with Christo van Rensburg. Language proficiency: current strategies, future remedies. SAALT Journal for language teaching 36 (1 & 2): 152-164.
b - with Biki Lepota. Our ways of learning language. SAALT Journal for language teaching 36 (3 & 4): 206-219.
c - Overcoming resistance to innovation: suggestions for encouraging change in language teaching. Per linguam 18(1): 27-40.
2003 a - Towards accountability: a point of orientation for post-modern applied linguistics in the third millennium. Literator. 24(1): 1-20.
b - with Haddish Tesfamariam & Loide Shaalukeni. Resistance to change in language teaching: some African case studies. Southern African linguistics and applied language studies 21 (1 & 2): 67-76.
c - Justifying course and task design in language teaching. Acta academica 35(3): 26-48.
d - Assessing and developing academic literacy. Per linguam 19 (1 & 2): 55-65.
2004 a - with Tobie van Dyk. Switching constructs: on the selection of an appropriate blueprint for academic literacy assessment. SAALT Journal for language teaching 38 (1): 1-13.
b - with Tobie van Dyk. Finding the right measure: from blueprint to specification to item type. SAALT Journal for language teaching. 38 (1): 15-24.
2005 - with Frans van der Slik. The refinement of a test of academic literacy. Per linguam 21 (1):23-35.
2006 a - Transparency and accountability in applied linguistics. Southern African linguistics and applied language studies 24(1): 71-86.
b - Assessing academic literacy in a task-based approach. Language matters 37(1): 81-101.
c - A systematically significant episode in applied linguistics. In L.O.K Lategan & J.H. Smit (guest editors) (2006) Time and context relevant philosophy. Special edition 1 of the Journal for Christian scholarship 42 (November; pp. 231-244).
2007 a - Overlapping and divergent agendas: Writing and applied linguistics research. Forthcoming in C. van der Walt (ed.) Living through languages: An African tribute to Rene Dirven. Stellenbosch: African Sun Media. Pp. 147-163. ISBN: 1-919980-31-8.
b - The redefinition of applied linguistics: modernist and postmodernist views. Forthcoming in Southern African linguistics and applied language studies 25(4): 589-605.
c - A responsible agenda for applied linguistics: confessions of a philosopher. LSSA/SAALA/SAALT keynote address July. Per linguam 23(2): 29-53.
d - with F. van der Slik. The stability of test design: Measuring difference in performance across several administrations of a test of academic literacy. Submitted to Acta academica.
e - with F. van der Slik. Measures of improvement in academic literacy. Submitted to Southern African linguistics and applied language studies.
f – with F. van der Slik. Testing academic literacy over time: Is the academic literacy of first year students deteriorating? Submitted to Ensovoort.
2008 a - The idea of lingual economy. Paper to be read at the ICCLING 2008 conference, Stellenbosch, January 2008. Submitted to Koers.
b - Constitutive and regulative conditions for assessment of academic literacy. Paper to be read at "Testing the academic literacy of additional language students" AILA 2008 in Essen, Germany, 25-29 August.
