Ethno-linguistically diverse South African students' writing

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dc.contributor.authorPfeiffer, Verbra Francesen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Walt, Christaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-21T08:17:41Z
dc.date.available2019-11-21T08:17:41Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: Pfeiffer, V. F. & Van Der Walt, C. 2019. Ethno-linguistically diverse South African students' writing. Per Linguam, 35(2):58-73, doi:10.5785/35-2-852.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://perlinguam.journals.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractOne of the major challenges for designers of academic literacy programmes is to accommodate culturally and linguistically diverse student groups. This longitudinal study was conducted with pre-service teachers at Stellenbosch University to determine their understanding of the importance of good writing and ways in which they can use translanguaging to assist them in their writing. This study has also been viewed against the backdrop of multilingualism in South Africa, with the notion of socio-cognitive processes and its influence on the students’ ability to write. The aim of this study was to explore what students regard as good writing and to identify the kinds of strategies that multilingual students use when they write extended texts. When pondering on the holistic view of the findings, this study endorses the use of home languages in the educational practice of academic writing, but with particular caveats. The findings reveal that academic writing entails more than mere grammatical correctness on a surface level, but also involves taking cognisance of the second language learners’ background and way of implementing mental structures derived from their home language.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/852
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent16 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPfeiffer, V. F. & Van Der Walt, C. 2019. Ethno-linguistically diverse South African students' writing. Per Linguam, 35(2):58-73, doi:10.5785/35-2-852en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-0012 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0259-2312 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5785/35-2-852
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106861
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectAcademic literacyen_ZA
dc.subjectMultilingualism -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectAcademic writing -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectUniversity students -- Writing skillsen_ZA
dc.subjectSecond language acquisitionen_ZA
dc.titleEthno-linguistically diverse South African students' writingen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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