The language issue and academic performance at a South African University

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1、SouthernAfricanLinguisticsandAppliedLanguageStudiesISSN:1607-3614(Print)1727-9461(Online)Journalhomepage:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rall20ThelanguageissueandacademicperformanceataSouthAfricanUniversityBertusvanRooy&SusanCoetzee-VanRooyTocitethisarticle:BertusvanRooy&SusanCoetzee-VanRooy(2015)

2、ThelanguageissueandacademicperformanceataSouthAfricanUniversity,SouthernAfricanLinguisticsandAppliedLanguageStudies,33:1,31-46,DOI:10.2989/16073614.2015.1012691Tolinktothisarticle:http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2015.1012691Publishedonline:28Jan2015.SubmityourarticletothisjournalArticleviews:1

3、53ViewrelatedarticlesViewCrossmarkdataFullTerms&Conditionsofaccessandusecanbefoundathttp://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rall20Downloadby:[111.122.198.185]Date:05March2016,At:23:26SouthernAfricanLinguisticsandAppliedLanguageStudies2015,33(1):31–46Copyright©NISC(Pty)Ltd

4、PrintedinSouthAfrica—AllrightsreservedSOUTHERNAFRICANLINGUISTICSANDAPPLIEDLANGUAGESTUDIESISSN1607-3614EISSN1727-9461http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2015.1012691ThelanguageissueandacademicperformanceataSouthAfricanUniversityBertusvanRooyandSusanCoetzee-VanRooyResearchFocusArea

5、:UnderstandingandProcessingLanguageinComplexSettings(UPSET),North-WestUniversity,VaalTriangleCampus*Correspondingauthoremail:bertus.vanrooy@nwu.ac.zaAbstract:AcademicperformanceatuniversitiesinSouthAfricaisacauseofconcern.Itiswidelyacknowledgedthatthereareavarietyoffactorsthatcontributetopooracad

6、emicperformance,butlanguageisregardedasoneofthemostimportantissuesinthisdiscussion.Inthisarticle,therelationshipbetweenlanguageandacademicperformanceataSouthAfricanuniversityforthefirst-yeargroupin2010(n=900)isinvestigated,takingtheirperformanceintheirsecond(2011)andthird(2012)yearintoaccount.The

7、authorsreview:(a)therelationshipsbetweenmeasuresoflanguageability(matricscores,andscoresonuniversityplacementtestsliketheNBTandTALL/TAG);and(b)therelationshipbetweentheselanguagemeasures,performanceincoursesofferedbyun