Description: Assessing Academic Literacy in a Multilingual SocietyTransition and Transformation Author(s): Albert Weideman, John Read, Theo du Plessis Format: Hardback Publisher: Multilingual Matters, United Kingdom Imprint: Multilingual Matters ISBN-13: 9781788926201, 978-1788926201 Synopsis 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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Book Title: Assessing Academic Literacy in a Multilingual Society
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Width: 156 mm
Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
Author: Albert Weideman, Theo Du Plessis, John Read
Publication Name: Assessing Academic Literacy in a Multilingual Society: Transition and Transformation
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Subject: Coaching & Career Guidance
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 572 g
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
