This study sought to test Engineering students' responses to an English for Specific
Purposes (ESP) module at a South African university, since Engineering students typically …

Reading constitutes a major part of academic activities especially at tertiary level where
acquisition of knowledge depends on written texts. For university students in particular, key …

This article argues that metacognitive reading skills are basic to learning across the
curriculum and suggests that designers and presenters of academic support programmes …

Rightly or wrongly, the need to promote multilingualism in South Africa poses no immediate
threat to the dominance of English. While the language has the power to confer material and …