First‐year students are still failing at an alarming rate. This is an international issue that
universities face and there is currently no clear indication of the cause of the problem as …

Commentary posted by visitors to online news articles shows evidence of their attitudes and
prejudices. A qualitative study was undertaken on commentary made by anonymous users …

Although the research on student selection criteria has been very rich up to now, the role of
the level of foreign language played in the admission selection of a non-native spoken …

Responsible test design relies on close examination of a number of parameters of a test.
After finding a clearly argued, rational basis (construct) for the ability being tested, then …

In the context of the successful bilingual education of children, the value of the theoretical
framework of Jim Cummins is acknowledged by educators and researchers worldwide. This …

One of the explanations for South African students' poor performance at university, is the
apparent mismatch or discontinuity between the exit level of secondary education and the …

The link between language and learning and how to develop language across the
curriculum is a persisting theme in education research over time. In this article, the first in a …

This study investigates the effect of the increased use of a second language (L2)(English) as
language of teaching and learning on the bilingual individual in a specific bilingual higher …

This paper discusses the topic of bilingual testing and the role played by the language of
tests in home-language-based bilingual education projects such as the Additive Bilingual …

Applied linguistic designs are too seldom acknowledged for being inspired by care and
concern for the language needs of the vulnerable. Yet in them love and compassion, rather …