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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (Unit for Academic Literacy) by Subject "Academic literacy"
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Weder, Nandi
(University of Pretoria, 2022)
The reading crisis in South Africa is well-documented by now, and the implications of poor reading proficiencies can be observed in the limited outcomes and high attrition rates at primary, secondary and tertiary educational ...
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Carstens, Adelia
(University of Pretoria, 2009)
The main purpose of the research was to investigate the effectiveness of genre-based approaches in teaching academic writing. The study was motivated by the researcher's perceptions about university students' difficulty ...
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Butler, Herman Gustav
(University of Pretoria, 2007-09-11)
Academic writing is generally regarded as the most important communication medium through which people in the tertiary academic context choose to communicate their ideas. It is also well known that it is sometimes an arduous ...
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Fouche, Ilse
(University of Pretoria, 2009)
Over the past years, there has been a consistent call from Government and industry for South African tertiary institutions to deliver more graduates in the fields of science and technology. This, however, is no mean feat ...