Browsing by Subject "Academic writing"
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Corpus-based analysis of cohesion in written English essays of Nigerian tertiary learners
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2017)The English language is the second and official language of Nigeria. English language teachers continue to complain about the poor quality of undergraduates written English texts in Nigerian universities. One of the ... -
Cross-disciplinary synergy: First-year students’ experiences of learning academic writing through integrated writing support at a University of Technology
(AOSIS, 2021)An important role in socialising first-year students into universities is initiating them into different conventions of academic writing. Support programmes, such as writing centres, have been established in several South ... -
Discipline–specific versus generic academic literacy intervention for university education: An issue of impact?
((SAALT/SAVTO) South African Association of Language Teaching / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig // Sabinet(SAALT/SAVTO) South African Association of Language Teaching / Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Taalonderrig // Sabinet, 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 ... -
The effect of an academic literacy course on first-year student writing : a case study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Worldwide and in South Africa it seems that various perceptions exist regarding first-year university students who are not academically literate and struggle to produce acceptable forms of academic writing. Standardized ... -
The impact of an academic literacy intervention on the academic literacy levels of first year students : the NWU (Vaal Triangle Campus) experience
(North West University, 2014)There has been growing concern in the higher education sector in South Africa about the high number of students with low academic literacy (AL) levels who are gaining entry into the sector. This influx necessitated the ... -
Supervisor perceptions of the academic literacy requirements of postgraduate students at the Univerity of Pretoria
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Testing controlled productive knowledge of adverb-verb collocations in junior researchers using English as a foreign language
(University of Stellenbosch, 2016)The present study examines English as a Foreign Language (EFL) junior researchers' use of adverb-verb collocations of academic vocabulary in both free written and controlled productions. A small corpus was compiled and ...