Time-on-task as an index of situated language proficiency in academic performance

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dc.contributor.authorFaure, Maryen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRidge, Elaineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Walt, Christaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-12T09:43:25Z
dc.date.available2012-07-12T09:43:25Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionhttp://perlinguam.journals.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.descriptionCITATION: Faurie, M., Ridge, E. & Van Der Walt, C. 2004. Time-on-task as an index of situated language proficiency in academic performance. Per Linguam : a Journal of Language Learning, 20(2):13-27, doi:10.5785/20-2-82.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTransforming higher education in South Africa involves, among other things, finding ways of enabling a broader group of students to perform successfully in high-stake assessment. This paper recounts work in progress to that end. The focus is on the effect of time constraints on the performance of physiotherapy students whose first language is other than the one in which the classes and the assessments are presented. The concept of working memory is investigated by using C-tests based on physiotherapy material and the results are correlated with students’ home languages and their performance in other academic subjects. The paper concludes by reflecting on C-tests as a trustworthy instrument to measure situated language proficiency and the implications of the results for higher education.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://perlinguam.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/82
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent15 pages : illustrations (some colour)en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFaurie, M., Ridge, E. & Van Der Walt, C. 2004. Time-on-task as an index of situated language proficiency in academic performance. Per Linguam : a Journal of Language Learning, 20(2):13-27, doi:10.5785/20-2-82en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-0012 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0259-2312 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.5785/20-2-82
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21679
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectStudents -- Language skillsen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation, Higher -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectAcademic achievement -- Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subjectLanguage proficiencyen_ZA
dc.titleTime-on-task as an index of situated language proficiency in academic performanceen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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