STELLENBOSCH PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS PLUS  

Rose Richards,Anne-Mari Lackay,Selene Delport

A writing center cannot define itself as a space—we’re often kicked out of our spaces. It’s not a pedagogy. We’re always re-articulating our pedagogy. It’s certainly not an academic department. It crosses all disciplines. A writing center does not produce... see more

Rebecca Day Babcock

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Puleng Sefalane-Nkohla,Thembinkosi Mtonjeni

For decades, writing centre practitioners have contested and protested against the demeaning characterisations of their pedagogic space. The Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) Writing Centre has endured stigmatisation as a “clinic”, “laborat... see more

Karis Moxley,Arlene Archer

Citation is fundamental in successfully constructing academic discourse. There has been much discussion concerning the considerable difficulties tertiary students experience when writing using sources, especially for those who speak English as an Addition... see more

Halima Namakula,Maria Prozesky

This paper reports on ongoing research into how an embedded academic support programme, based in a South African university’s writing centre, shapes the academic literacy practices of first-year B.Ed. students. This paper focuses specifically on the peer ... see more

Rebecca Day Babcock,Aliethia Dean,Victoria Hinesly,Aileen Taft

The goal of this study is to verify a grounded theory model of tutoring developed by Babcock, Manning and Rogers (2012) using qualitative research literature as data. The four participants in the current study (three females) were recruited using a conven... see more

Karen Suzette Collett,Arona Dison

Since its inception in 1994, the University of the Western Cape’s Writing Centre has been on the margins, viewed as an add-on to central learning and teaching activities at the university (Archer and Richards 2011, Clarence 2011). In this article, we use ... see more

Robert Doya Nanima

Writing centres play a vital role in guiding students in their academic writing. Central to this role is their physical location at tertiary institutions, where students usually walk in and schedule appointments with writing tutors. The recent #FeesMustFa... see more

Sherran Clarence

Writing centres are a well-established aspect of student academic support in many universities around the world. As much as there is significant commonality in their espoused ways of working, and theoretical and ontological underpinnings, writing centres ... see more

Pamela Nichols,Zimitri Erasmus,Nomonde Ntsepo,Lerato Mlahleki,Keanu Mabalane,Khensani Ngobeni,Lew Is Ckool

Listening has long been understood as characteristic of writing centre practice, and as central to writing centre philosophy. This reflective progress report argues that such listening is also the generating culture of a university-wide writing programme ... see more

Fatima Slemming

The aim of this article is to explore how aspects of a Social Realist theoretical framework could be understood in relation to my professional development as a writing centre consultant and manager. I share the view that a Social Realist framework could e... see more

Emure Kadenge,Laura Dison,Wacango Kimani,Halima Namakula

Writing centres in South African universities have historically been poorly recognised structures in higher education, and have largely been considered as “asides” to the core functions of the university. This lack of acknowledgement has seen writing cent... see more

Janine Esmé Carlse

“Critical friend” is a term widely used in professional development, teacher education, and evaluation contexts. It is defined by Costa and Kallick (1993) as a trusted person who asks the researcher provocative questions, provides an alternate point of vi... see more

Collium Banda

This article critically reflects on how writing centres can address the notion that their primary role is to deal with students struggling with their writing. This critical reflection focuses on the following question: how can writing centres challenge th... see more

Diana B. Njweipi-Kongor

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Maud Bonato

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Cleo Beth Theron

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Carla-Marié Spies-Gaum

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Martina van Heerden

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Gerhardus D. du Preez

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Venita Januarie

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Neeske Alexander

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