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Direct linkJackson, Leonora; Meyer, Wilhelm; Parkinson, Jean – English for Specific Purposes, 2006
Based on a questionnaire to academic staff, this article examines the reading and writing tasks assigned to undergraduate science students at a South African university. The article finds that although academic staff in science value clearly written and well-organised writing, few see it as their task to induct students into this literacy. Instead…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Assignments, Undergraduate Students, Science Instruction
