English Second Language (ESL) students as new members of a community of practice: Some thoughts for learning and assessment

This article reports on English second language (ESL) students’ experiences of academic writing in a university setting. It draws on the notion of community of practice to explain that it is not sufficient for academic literacy courses to concern themselves only with the questions relating to the de...

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Main Authors: Osman, Ruksana, Cockcroft, Kate, Kajee, Anisa University of the Witwatersrand
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/36