Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Gasiorek, Jessica"
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Academic acculturation: the case of writing in an EFL teaching and learning environment
(SAALT/SAVTO, 2012)The transition from secondary to tertiary education is not just a change of physical environment, but it is also a change of culture. It has been shown that first year students' academic performance and their motivation ... -
Effects of an efficacy-focused approach to academic writing on students’ perceptions of themselves as writers
(Elsevier, 2012)To become a successful participant in the community of their academic discipline, students must learn this community's communicative currency: the norms, standards, procedures, and linguistic forms that constitute academic ... -
A needs analysis for communication by pharmacists in a multilingual setting: first steps towards syllabus and materials design
(University of Stellenbosch, 2015)Despite the efforts to manage South Africa s language and culture diversity, in practice, the linguistic landscape has become increasingly English. This is problematic in contexts such as rural areas where people are not ... -
What do you do when you can t accommodate? Managing and evaluating problematic interactions in a multilingual medical environment
(Elsevier, 2015)This study sought to better understand how speakers react, and what factors predict their evaluations of interaction, when a language barrier renders conventional verbal accommodation impossible. An analysis of conversation ...
