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Pilcher, Nick; Richards, Kendall – Power and Education, 2017
Higher education institutions worldwide base international student recruitment on the assumption that their preparedness in 'English' is assured if they reach a certain level in tests such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). This assumes an abstract, objectivist view of language that sees the 'English' as removable for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Higher Education
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Nguyen, Trien T.; Williams, Julia; Trimarchi, Angela – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
This paper explores student perceptions of the effects of pairing discipline-specific language instruction with the traditional method of course delivery in economics. Our research involved teaching content-based English as an additional language (EAL) tutorials to a small group of ten international students taking first-year introductory…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Introductory Courses, Economics, Course Content