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Peer reviewedRubin, Donald L. – Innovative Higher Education, 1993
To help international teaching assistants balance their roles as teacher and graduate student, the University of Cincinnati developed a program in classroom communication skills for this population. It begins with naming and social identity but focuses primarily on communication for participative learning. Interacting with academic advisors is…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Classroom Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills
Knapp, Amy E.; Whitmore, Marilyn – 1992
A workshop was held by the Office of Library staff at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) for international college students, to assist them in making the transition to the American educational setting. The workshop also served to heighten the awareness of the library public service staff to the needs of the international students at the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Students
Download full textBraine, George – 1993
The University of South Alabama addressed a rapid increase in the population of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in its freshman composition classes by developing classes in writing in English as a Second Language (ESL). These students were having difficulty in mainstream freshman composition classes, both with the proficiency level…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Culture Conflict
Miller, Fred L.; Grimes, J. Milton – 1991
Murray State University (Kentucky) has approached the internationalization of the business curriculum by creating a bachelor of arts degree program requiring 2 years of foreign language study. To assess the program's overall success, three student surveys were undertaken. The first polled entering freshman business students in fall 1990 about…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Freshmen
Byrd, Patricia, Ed.; Constantinides, Janet C., Ed. – 1986
Essays on cross-cultural elements in college and university programs in English as a Second Language (ESL) include the following: "Barriers to Cross-Cultural Communication in English-as-a-Second-Language Programs in the United States"; "Acculturation or Enculturation: Foreign Students in the United States"; "A Framework…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, College Students, Communication Apprehension
