Access to success
Literacy in academic contexts
Published on 15. December 1998
Book
208 pages
978-1-919713-17-5 (ISBN)
Description
Tertiary institutions must provide for an increasingly diverse student population, many of whom speak English as an additional language, and have attended under-resourced schools. The scale of the problem has necessitated the development of creative ways of ensuring access and successful outcomes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cape Town
South Africa
Publishing group
Juta Academic
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-919713-17-5 (9781919713175)
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Content
Retrospective: language development initiatives & their policy contexts; Language, culture & politics: the case for multilingualism in tutorials; Creating coherence: design & critique of academic literacy materials; Teaching grammar in context; Workplace communication: language development in the curriculum; How science education constructs student writing; Transitional barriers & contextual gaps in an academic department; Tutor department: finding a language for teaching; Transforming assessment practices into learning process; Portfolio assessment for curriculum inquiry & quality promotion; Assessing writing-intensive laboratory reports for physics undergraduates; Index.