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gjte-35408	McGhie, Venicia; Dos Reis, Karen	Translations as a Transformative Form of Language Support to English Additional Language Speaking Students at a South African University	2024	13	.pdf	application/pdf	9121	536	54	As a consequence of this commitment, providing translation as a transformative language intervention strategy to English additional language speaking students is one form of language support that could increase students’ pass rates. Cummins (2007, 2008) explains that a minimum of five to seven years is needed for English additional language learners to catch up academically, that is, to acquire the language proficiency needed in English to succeed at the tertiary level. • The acknowledgement from English-speaking stu- dents that the intervention strategy was an inno- vative idea, together with the additional language speaking students who suggested that it should be done for their languages as well, is a strong indica- tion that there is a need for transformative language support for students whose first language is not English.	cache/gjte-35408.pdf	txt/gjte-35408.txt