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Bobe, Belete J.; Cooper, Barry J. – Accounting Education, 2019
Employing the approaches to learning theoretical framework, this study examines the effects of language proficiency on overall student satisfaction with a unit of study mediated by approaches to learning accounting. Survey data was gathered from undergraduate second year accounting students from an Australian and an Ethiopian universities using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Student Satisfaction, Undergraduate Students
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Gomes, Catherine – Journal of International Students, 2020
International students from culturally and linguistically diverse countries travel to Australia because of the opportunity to study courses in the English language with some coming to this country just to study the language itself. Such desires moreover create students to engage in creative strategies to improve their language skills. This paper,…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Well Being, Foreign Students, Second Language Learning
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Wearring, Andrew; Le, Huong; Wilson, Rachel; Arambewela, Rodney – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2015
International students are an important part of today's global university sector. This paper explores, through 10 in-depth interviews, the perceptions of Vietnamese international students studying with regard to their experience of teaching and learning in Australia. The findings indicate that Vietnamese students struggle with language,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Experience, Learning Strategies
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Ma, Anne; Wong, Ruth M. H.; Lam, Wendy Y. K. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
This paper addresses a niche in studies on immersion programmes for English as second language learners. While studies on the impact of the experience of studying abroad are replete with reports about the enhancement of participants' language proficiency or intercultural skills, the present study investigates the types of language and culture…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Student Teachers, Language Teachers, Study Abroad
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Ping, Rebecca Lee Su – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Past research has found that many pre-university L2 learners, having completed an Intensive English Program (IEP) still have difficulty in undertaking various disciplines in English-speaking tertiary institutions and continue to exhibit numerous linguistic problems (Bialystok, 2001, Celce Murcia 2001). The purpose of this paper is to present the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Intensive Language Courses
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Taylor-Leech, Kerry; Yates, Lynda – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2012
This article draws on ethnographic data from a longitudinal study of newly-arrived immigrants of non English-speaking background in the Australian Adult Migrant English Program to investigate their opportunities for using English and the language learning strategies (LLS) they used to make the most of these opportunities. Analysis of their reports…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Learning Strategies, Ethnography, Immigrants
Dasari, Bhoomiah – Online Submission, 2009
Anecdotal evidence abounds in Hong Kong to the effect that students entering tertiary education are predisposed to a "rote" learning approach. With the internalisation of higher education in many countries, there is still insufficient understanding of how Chinese students approach their learning. Except few studies were conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Therapy, Cross Cultural Studies, Learning Strategies
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Debuse, Justin C. W.; Hede, Andrew; Lawley, Meredith – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
This study investigates the application of voice recognition technology to online lectures focusing on the efficacy of the text component of a multimedia presentation. Specifically, participants were provided with online access to multimedia instructional packages comprising an image of the lecturer with accompanying computer slides, plus…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Semantics, Multimedia Instruction, Lecture Method
Hoven, Debra – 1987
A case study investigated the linguistic and social contexts of an adult Indonesian learner of English as a second language (ESL) in Australia, and how these factors affected his language learning progress. The learner, raised in Indonesia, was a young adult of Chinese descent. The discrepancy between the learner's perceptions of his own language…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Case Studies, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
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Commins, Laura – Babel: Australia, 1996
Discusses the reasons for the differences in second language proficiency across Australia, including composite classes at primary and secondary levels and classes of mixed proficiency levels at secondary level. Reviews strategies for dealing with this problem, including effecting a smooth transition between primary and secondary schooling and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education
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Elder, Catherine – Language Learning, 1996
Considers the validity of applying common assessment instruments and scales to assess the language skills of Australian school-age language learners from different first-language backgrounds. Findings reveal a strong relationship between home exposure to the language and the level of performance on the listening and reading components of the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Technical and Further Education, Sydney (Australia). Foundation Studies Training Div. – 1994
This document describes a certificate given for English for Speakers of Other Languages in Australia. The course leading to the certificate has four levels, grouped into two stages. Each Stage represents one semester's full time study. The certificate has four core modules: oral skills covering listening and speaking, written skills covering…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Course Objectives
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Ellis, Elizabeth Margaret – TESL-EJ, 2006
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) in English-speaking countries are not usually required to have proficiency in another language. Teacher competency statements frequently require "an understanding of second language development," and it is assumed that a monolingual teacher can attain such understanding without…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Instruction
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Melles, Gavin – Across the Disciplines, 2005
The literature review is an academic genre that has a natural place in theses, dissertations, and other genres such as the lab report. The typical final (fourth) year project in the engineering curriculum is an example where such an extensive review can take place (Krishnan & Kathpalia 2002). Second language students may have special…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, College Faculty