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Browsing Research Articles (Unit for Academic Literacy) by Subject "Academic literacy"
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(University of Stellenbosch, Education Faculty, Department of Curriculum Studies, 2014)This paper focuses on the results of a questionnaire administered to students who wrote the Test of Academic Literacy for Postgraduate Students (TALPS) between 2008 and 2010. The purpose of the questionnaire was to elicit ...
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(University of the Free State, Faculty of Education, 2015)Applied linguists should strive to ensure that the tests they design and use are not only fair and socially acceptable, but also have positive effects – this, in light of the fact that tests can sometimes have far-reaching ...
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(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study explores a transformative method to revise an academic literacy study guide in a Humanities faculty in South Africa. The methodology includes a critical literature review, positioning the study within the ...
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(Common Ground Research Networks, 2020-10)Over the past thirty years, the educational applications of subtitling, such as incidental language learning, improved literacy, and comprehension and retention of visual content, have been well documented. Seminal studies ...
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(South African Association for Language Teaching (SAALT), 2013-12)This contribution enters into dialogue with studies conducted both at school and university level on the effectiveness of interaction between subject teachers and language teachers to improve learners’ subject-specific ...
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Creating “transdisciplinary spaces” for a real-world scenario : a practical teaching collaboration (South African Association for Language Teaching, 2017-06)A lack of transfer of academic literacy competencies was identified by academic literacy and Statistics lecturers involved in an extended programme course. This paper reports on one attempt at a workable collaborative ...
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(NISC, 2009)As a consideration in the design of a test of academic literacy, the face validity of such a test is determined by its perceived suitability and usefulness in addressing the literacy requirements of specific academic ...
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Designing linguistically flexible scaffolding for subject-specific academic literacy interventions (University of Stellenbosch, Education Faculty, Department of Curriculum Studies, 2016)The majority of South African universities are faced with the challenge of teaching subject-specific academic literacy in English to linguistically diverse student groups, while the academic literacy lecturers themselves ...
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(Common Ground Research Networks, 2021-09)This study aims to identify the efficacy of social factors in the ways that first-year science students attempt to argue. Argumentation is an essential tool used to produce scientific knowledge. As a linguistic phenomenon, ...
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(Unisa Press, 2013)Die artikel stel dit ten doel om verbande te ondersoek tussen die leesgedrag van ’n aantal eerstejaarstudente aan die Universiteit van Pretoria en hulle taal- en akademiese geletterdheidsvaardighede. Die studente is getoets ...
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(Higher Education South Africa, 2018)The following theoretical analysis aimed to highlight perceived, conceptual differences between constructivist and realist ontologies as meta-theories for approaching students’ well-being in institutions of higher learning; ...
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(South African Association for Language Teaching, 2017)Academic literacy interventions are becoming increasingly important in a country where the secondary education system no longer adequately prepares students for the literacy demands of higher education. This article ...
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(Stellenbosch University, Library and Information Service, 2016)Considering the vast array of academic literacy interventions that are presented both nationally and internationally, and the resources required to present these interventions, it is becoming increasingly important for ...
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(Common Ground Research Networks, 2020-04)Persistent South African dialogue around curricula decoloniality and epistemic pluralism in the higher education system evolves. However, an unresolved question between decolonial and global citizenship education advocates ...
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(Common Ground Research Networks, 2020-07)This study critically reflects on the effectiveness of a new hybrid curriculum implemented in a heavily populated academic literacy module aimed at first-year students from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences ...
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(Sage, 2024-03)The purpose of this article is to critically consider the roles that academic literacy facilitators fulfil in exposing students to Global Citizenship Education (GCE). In university disciplines, literacies are primary tools ...
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(South African Association for Language Teaching, 2016)Formalised postgraduate writing support centres are a relatively new phenomenon at the majority of South African universities and have not yet been researched intensively. This article, which forms part of a mandated ...
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(Common Ground Research Networks, 2020-02)bstract: This article explores the concept of decolonization and its implications for the teaching of academic literacy in the Unit for Academic Literacy at a South African university. It draws on existing literature on ...
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(De Gruyter, 2015-07)It is widely acknowledged that different communities, such as language groups and socio-economic status (SES) families, practice literacy in different ways. Certain language communities of low SES observe literacy interactions ...
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(South African Association for Language Teaching, 2015)The value of peer-tutoring has been highlighted in a number of studies. But often the value of such support is lost on, especially, first year students, who perceive such support as an indication that they may be 'lacking' ...
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