Nontsikelelo Lynette Buyisiwe Makhanya

Makhanya, Nontsikelelo Lynette Buyisiwe

Makhanya, Nontsikelelo Lynette Buyisiwe

Deputy Director, Academic Literacy and Language Unit, Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa

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Deputy Director, Academic Literacy and Language Unit, Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa

Nontsikelelo Lynette Buyisiwe Makhanya is the Deputy Director of the Academic Literacy and Language Unit at Mangosuthu University of Technology in Durban, South Africa. She holds a Master of Education degree in Teaching English as Second Language (TESL). She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Language and Media Studies. Her research interests are academic reading and writing, multilingualism, language pedagogy, higher education research and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

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Teaching Assistants (TAs) as Secondary Facilitators in an Academic Support Unit in a South African University
Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Student learning and development is the central purpose of higher education. It is common practice that higher education institutions, globally, adopt teaching and learning systems that focus primarily on staff and student development. Teaching assistantships are common funding sources for postgraduate students which at the same time assist departments in meeting their needs and achieve flexibility necessary to accommodate and respond to course and module...