The increase in numbers of international students who have English as a second language
(ESL) and are studying in English-medium universities has renewed the emphasis of …

After achieving democracy in 1994, South Africa experienced major socio-political reforms in
a number of areas, including a new constitution, language policy reforms, and new national …

Concerns among staff in the Linguistics Department at Macquarie University regarding the
disparate and at times unsatisfactory level of academic literacy skills of commencing …

Executive summary This fellowship aimed to examine ways of embedding English language
development into teaching and learning activities in the disciplines. The focus of the …

The English language needs of students in teacher education programmes have become an
issue of concern. There has been an increase in the numbers of local and international …

Effective and continuing development of tertiary students' academic literacy during their
undergraduate years has become a crucial issue for Anglophone universities into the 21 st …

The University of the Free State, like most other tertiary institutions in South Africa, is faced
with the challenge of establishing a framework within the university for redressing …

The majority of South African universities are faced with the challenge of teaching subject-
specific academic literacy in English to linguistically diverse student groups, while the …

The official demise of apartheid in 1994 meant that historically white universities became
accessible to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The poor English education …

Australian universities are currently re-evaluating how they address the English language
needs of their students of non-English speaking backgrounds. This is, in part, a response to …