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Many South African school-leavers are not adequately prepared for the academic tasks they face when at tertiary level. Reading has long been acknowledged as the most important communicative skill for successful learning at tertiary level. They are underprepared for several reasons, including bad schooling, lack of understanding of print conventions, lack of an adequate general knowledge, which is vital to being able to read academic texts.