Browsing Research Output by Subject "Academic literacy"
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Academic communications skills: where to from here?
(IFE Centre for Psychological Studies (ICPS), 2016)Academic communication skills or academic literacies have been, since their inception after the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, been aimed at assisting to achieve the broader goals of a restorative democracy ... -
An "enlightening course that empowers first years"?: a holistic assessment of the impact of a first-year academic literacy course
(Elsevier, 2017)This article reports on a study which assessed the impact of an academic literacy course on students' academic literacy levels. A combination of instruments suggested in an evaluation design by Fouché, Van Dyk and Butler ... -
Discipline-specific versus generic academic literacy intervention for university education: an issue of impact?
(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 ... -
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 ... -
(Her)stelwerk: skoolopstelle as voorbereiding vir akademiese geletterdheid op universiteitsvlak
(SAALT/SAVTO, 2012)This article explores the gap between school and university writing in terms of creative writing done at school level, as specified in the relevant policy documents and the requirements of academic literacy at university. ... -
Impact measurement: towards creating a flexible evaluation design for academic literacy interventions
(Stellenbosch University, 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 ... -
Impact measurement: towards creating a flexible evaluation design for academic literacy interventions
(University of Stellenbosch, 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 ... -
Impact measurement: towards creating a flexible evaluation design for academic literacy interventions
(University of Stellenbosch, 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 ... -
The influence of affective variables on the acquisition of academic literacy
(Stellenbosch University, 2013)The teaching of academic literacy at university level, internationally and at universities in South Africa, is quite common. Despite a great deal of research on various facets of academic literacy, little research has been ... -
Productive knowledge of collocations may predict academic literacy
(University of Stellenbosch, 2016)The present study examines the relationship between productive knowledge of collocations and academic literacy among first year students at North-West University. Participants were administered a collocation test, the items ...