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Publication details [#49369]

Spencer, Brenda, Cathy Pienaar and Miriam Lephalala. 2005. Improving academic proficiency in open distance learning through contact interventions. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 36 (2) : 224–242.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

academic language | assessment | literacy | reading | writing

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper explores to what extent contact interventions are able to improve the academic proficiency of 'at risk' tertiary-level students in the distance education University of South Africa.