WAMC

Dr. Jodi Tommerdahl, University of Texas at Arlington – Analyzing Language Samples

In today’s Academic Minute, Dr. Jodi Tommerdahl of the University of Texas at Arlington explains efforts to understand how children use language in different social settings. Jodi Tommerdahl is an ...
Science Daily

Academic language impedes students' ability to learn science, expert argues

Middle and high school students who read fluently in English class and on the Web may find that they cannot understand their science texts. And their science teachers may be ill-prepared to guide them ...
University of Bristol

Academic Language and Literacy sessions

Our bespoke, discipline-specific sessions develop undergraduate and postgraduate students' academic language and literacy. Every discipline has its own academic culture, which will include styles of ...
The Conversation

Academic literacy is more than language, it’s about critical thinking and analysis: universities should do more to teach these skills

Pineteh Angu is a member of the English Academy of South Africa (EASA), European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW) and the newly formed South African Association of Academic ...