Assessing Academic Literacy in a Multilingual Society

Assessing Academic Literacy in a Multilingual Society
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Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Total Pages : 329
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ISBN-10 : 9781788926225
ISBN-13 : 1788926226
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Download or read book Assessing Academic Literacy in a Multilingual Society written by Albert Weideman and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South African universities face major challenges in meeting the needs of their students in the area of academic language and literacy. The dominant medium of instruction in the universities is English and, to a much lesser extent, Afrikaans, but only a minority of the national population are native speakers of these languages. Nine other languages can be media of instruction in schools, which makes the transition to tertiary education difficult enough in itself for students from these schools. The focus of this book is on procedures for assessing the academic language and literacy levels and needs of students, not in order to exclude students from higher education but rather to identify those who would benefit from further development of their ability in order to undertake their degree studies successfully. The volume also aims to bring the innovative solutions designed by South African educators to a wider international audience.


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