(1779.pdf) LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION AS A BARRIER TO LEARNING: THE INTEGRATION OF ACADEMIC LITERACIES IN THE ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES CURRICULUM

摘要

The high dropout rates of students at higher education institutions in South Africa continue to be animportant point of discussion, even at ministerial level. South Africa has a rich cultural diversity; factremains however that there are many students at tertiary institutions in South Africa who are not firstlanguage English speakers; hence English as medium of instruction and learning continues to be abarrier to 'epistemological access' to the various disciplines taught at South African Universities. Oneresponse to this situation was a 'proliferation of support courses', particularly of Academic Literacycourses. Initially Academic Literacy was taught as a standalone, compulsory and university widemodule in the curriculum.