Moragh Paxton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6913316 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Moragh Paxton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Moragh |
| FAMILY NAME | Paxton |
| SIGNATURE | PAXTON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A translanguage pedagogy to promote Biotechnology concept engagement and academic literacy in a linguistically-diverse university context
Following the call for transformation, higher education institutions in South Africa were required to promote and implement indigenous languages in teaching and learning. This has led to various strategies and resources being explored and implemented, multilingual glossaries among them. In science, where English remains the global means of communication, our experience has been that such interventions are often underutilized. A more inclusive, ho…
A translanguagepedagogy to promote Biotechnology concept engagement and academic literacy in a linguistically-diverse university context
Following the call for transformation, higher education institutions in South Africa were required to promote and implement indigenous languages in teaching and learning. This has led to various strategies and resources being explored and implemented, multilingual glossaries among them. In science, where English remains the global means of communication, our experience has been that such interventions are often underutilized. A more inclusive, ho…
Unpacking the multimodal discourse demands of microscopy in a bioscience laboratory
Natashia Munaa* , Moragh Paxtona, Vera Frithb & Mathilde van der Merwea a Language Development Group, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africab Numeracy Centre, Centre for Higher Education, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
Special issue
In this special issue we share insights into how academics understand and research literacy and language in the context of calls for social justice rather than(or as well as) throughput and efficiency. This special issue comes about in the wake of a crucial moment in South African higher education, a moment of intense student led protest that has asked fundamental questions about what higher education is, who it is for, who it excludes. Not since…
It's easy to learn when you using your home language but with English you need to start learning language before you get to the concept’
This article describes a multilingual glossary project in the economics department at the University of Cape Town which gave multilingual students learning economics through the medium of English, opportunities to discuss new economic concepts in their home languages in order to broaden and enrich understanding of these new concepts. The findings from this project illustrate how important it is that students use a range of languages and discourse…
A Linguistic Perspective on Multiple Choice Questioning
This article critiques the over-emphasis on multiple choice testing in some large first year classes as well as the poor design and construction of many of these tests, and calls for the use of multiple choice questions as part of a broader and more diverse range of assessment measures. It argues that this kind of testing means that students are not given enough opportunity to develop communicative competence in the discourses of the academic dis…
It's easy to learn when you using your home language but with English you need to start learning language before you get to the concept’
This article describes a multilingual glossary project in the economics department at the University of Cape Town which gave multilingual students learning economics through the medium of English, opportunities to discuss new economic concepts in their home languages in order to broaden and enrich understanding of these new concepts. The findings from this project illustrate how important it is that students use a range of languages and discourse…
A Linguistic Perspective on Multiple Choice Questioning
This article critiques the over-emphasis on multiple choice testing in some large first year classes as well as the poor design and construction of many of these tests, and calls for the use of multiple choice questions as part of a broader and more diverse range of assessment measures. It argues that this kind of testing means that students are not given enough opportunity to develop communicative competence in the discourses of the academic dis…
It's easy to learn when you using your home language but with English you need to start learning language before you get to the concept’
This article describes a multilingual glossary project in the economics department at the University of Cape Town which gave multilingual students learning economics through the medium of English, opportunities to discuss new economic concepts in their home languages in order to broaden and enrich understanding of these new concepts. The findings from this project illustrate how important it is that students use a range of languages and discourse…
Special issue
In this special issue we share insights into how academics understand and research literacy and language in the context of calls for social justice rather than(or as well as) throughput and efficiency. This special issue comes about in the wake of a crucial moment in South African higher education, a moment of intense student led protest that has asked fundamental questions about what higher education is, who it is for, who it excludes. Not since…
Unpacking the multimodal discourse demands of microscopy in a bioscience laboratory
Natashia Munaa* , Moragh Paxtona, Vera Frithb & Mathilde van der Merwea a Language Development Group, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africab Numeracy Centre, Centre for Higher Education, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
A translanguage pedagogy to promote Biotechnology concept engagement and academic literacy in a linguistically-diverse university context
Following the call for transformation, higher education institutions in South Africa were required to promote and implement indigenous languages in teaching and learning. This has led to various strategies and resources being explored and implemented, multilingual glossaries among them. In science, where English remains the global means of communication, our experience has been that such interventions are often underutilized. A more inclusive, ho…
A translanguagepedagogy to promote Biotechnology concept engagement and academic literacy in a linguistically-diverse university context
Following the call for transformation, higher education institutions in South Africa were required to promote and implement indigenous languages in teaching and learning. This has led to various strategies and resources being explored and implemented, multilingual glossaries among them. In science, where English remains the global means of communication, our experience has been that such interventions are often underutilized. A more inclusive, ho…
Pedagogy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Literacy (3 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works)