tailieunhanh - EXPLORING ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE SPEAKERS’ SCIENTIFIC WRITING SKILLS STRATEGIES OF FIRST YEAR LIFE SCIENCES STUDENTS

The initial stage of knowledge-telling consists of creating or retrieving what the author wants to say and then generating a text to say it. The author is not entirely egocentric in knowledge-telling and can begin to take into account the reader's needs. Specifically, by the time children are beginning to write they realize that another person's thoughts about the world may differ from their own. By about the age of 4, children have acquired a theory of mind that allows them to take another's perspective (Wellman, 1990; Wellman, Cross, & Watson, 2001). This helps them to plan what they need. | EXPLORING ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE SPEAKERS SCIENTIFIC WRITING SKILLS STRATEGIES OF FIRST YEAR LIFE SCIENCES STUDENTS by VANESSA ANNABEL EDWINA VAN STADEN submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF EDUCATION in the subject NATURAL SCIENCE EDUCATION at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA Supervisor Prof. . Mashile Co supervisor Prof. A. Mji November 2010 i ABSTRACT In South African universities where the medium of instruction is English writing and conceptualisation in English Second Language in Life Sciences are problematic for first year learners. This study focused on the extent to which Afrikaans - and Xhosa mother tongue speakers employ strategies in order to cope with the demands of scientific writing and how it affects their academic performance. The Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills BICS and the Cognitive and Academic Language Proficiency CALP theories of Cummins as well as the model of Collier provided a theoretical framework for this study. Tests and tutorials were analysed by means of content analysis. Writing strategies such as coherence has an impact on academic performance but there is no set pattern or degree in which different mother tongue speakers employ them. A collaborative approach that sensitises learners to the meaningful use of strategies to enhance their competency in scientific writing is recommended. KEYWORDS English second language mother tongue writing strategies BICS CALP academic performance scientific writing content analysis collaborative approach ii DECLARATION I declare that EXPLORING ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE SPEAKERS SCIENTIFIC WRITING SKILLS STRATEGIES OF FIRST YEAR LIFE SCIENCES STUDENTS is my own work and that all sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. SIGNATURE Ms. V. A. E. van Staden DATE .

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