Evaluating the effectiveness of an academic literacy course: Do students benefit?

The proliferation of academic literacy courses in South African universities in the last 25 years prompts the question of how effective such courses are. Addressing the difficulties of studying in a second language combined with insufficient stress on reading and writing at school, such courses are...

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Main Authors: Parkinson, Jean, Jackson, Leonora, Kirkwood, Tamlin, Padayachee, Vasanthie
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2008-12-01
Series:Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning
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Online Access:http://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/37