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Encouraging Autonomy and Preparing for IELTS: Mutually Exclusive Goals?

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Barrett-Lennard, Siri – Prospect, 1997

Suggests foreign students in Australia may not be getting preparation needed to integrate successfully into university study. Research is reviewed that indicates these students not only need help preparing for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) but also with learning at an Australian university. Academic preparation courses…

Descriptors: College Preparation, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language)

Assisting Autonomous Performance.

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Allan, Margaret – Prospect, 1997

A study investigated the phenomenon of learner autonomy in six graduate students in a course in English for academic purposes. Students were developing skills in discourse intonation using a CD-ROM program, designed to encourage autonomous learning. Student interview data suggest that development of explicit knowledge of the language system can…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Educational Environment, English (Second Language)