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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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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.

Access to success: Literacy in academic contexts

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      Publisher: Juta Academic
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/12/1998
      ISBN13: 9781919713175, 978-1919713175
      ISBN10: 1919713174

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      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.

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