Scaffolding reading comprehension for engineering students at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology � A translanguaging framework
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2023
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The study examines the cognitive affordances of translanguaging as a resource for
scaffolding Engineering texts written in English for English Additional Language
(EAL) students in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer
Engineering (DEECE) at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South
Africa. It focuses mainly on the reading and task-related experiences and
performances of students working with academic English and multilingually
scaffolded (translanguaged) Engineering text settings. With this, the study consists
of three phases guided by a sequential explanatory mixed-method approach, i.e., an
exploratory phase and two experimental phases. These phases were constituted by
focus-group discussions with interviews, questionnaires, and reading comprehension
tests.
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Masters of Art
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Academic literacy, Linguistic, Translanguaging, Cape Town, Higher education