Browsing by Subject "academic reading"

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Discipline-specific versus generic academic literacy intervention for university education: an issue of impact?

Butler, G. (South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT) / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig (SAVTO), 2013)

In a context where progressively more underprepared students gain access to higher education, South African universities are obligated to offer appropriate support to such students that may reduce their risk in being ...
Reading ability and academic acculturation: the case of South African students entering higher education

Van Dyk, Tobie; Van de Poel, Kris; Van der Slik, Frans (Department of General Linguistics, Stellenbosch University, 2013)

First-year students experience a range of challenges when transferring from secondary to higher education (HE) (cf. Darlaston-Jones et al. 2003, Leki 2006, Brinkworth et al. 2009). This is no different in South Africa, ...