Academic literacy, as a representation of required skills in the academic community, has
gained increasing prominence and attention over the past decade. It has been the focal …

Assessing English Proficiency for University Study Page 1 Assessing English Proficiency for
John Read University Study Page 2 Assessing English Proficiency for University Study Page 3 …

Academic and quantitative literacies (AQL) are essential to success in higher education.
These literacies are largely not explicitly taught, but acquired indirectly, mostly through …

When we design language interventions, we seldom submit to further critical scrutiny what
we consider to be the essential components of such interventions. More often than not, our …

This paper will deal, firstly, with the South African context, that cries out for attention to
responsible language assessment. The renewed interest in language testing in South Africa …

For higher education institutions to produce graduates capable of contributing to society and
the economy in a productive manner, educational emphasis is placed on the development of …

This contribution investigates gains in technical economy in measuring language ability by
considering one recurrent interest of JD Brown: cloze tests. In the various versions of the …

Afrikaans: Die lae akademiese-geletterdheidsvlakke van studente aan Suid-Afrikaanse
universiteite is'n goedbekende probleem wat toenemend as een van die hoofoorsake van …

Despite the importance of the concept of academic literacy (AL) in EAP, there is a lack of
comprehensive study to know its underlying components. The present pilot study was set out …

This study was inspired by the growing concern among academic lecturers that the
academic writing skills of students have deteriorated steadily over the past few years. This is …