NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
International English…3
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 13 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Amir Rouhshad; Catherine Flynn; Lena Turnbull; Bella Ross – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Little is known about what academics focus on when providing assessment feedback to international students for whom English is an additional language (EAL). This study examines written assessment feedback provided to 11 EAL-speaking international students throughout a two-year Master of Social Work programme and investigates their perspectives of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Feedback (Response), Foreign Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Neomy Storch; Helen Zhao; Janne Morton – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2024
Group assignments are widely used in higher education for a range of educational reasons. Although there is a large body of research on the merits of group work and factors that may contribute to successful group work, less is known about students' and teachers' perspectives, particularly when groups are composed of students from diverse…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mori, Yoko; Stracke, Elke – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2022
Student expectations have increasingly become a focus in Second Language Acquisition research. This study takes a closer look at student teachers' expectations in a Master of Arts TESOL program at an Australian university to investigate their expectations and sense of fulfillment of these expectations. We employed a sequential explanatory…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hasrati, Mostafa; Tavakoli, Parvaneh – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
Although dissertations have traditionally been part of master's programmes, non-dissertation track master's programmes are on the rise across the world. This paper reports faculty views on MA TESOL dissertations (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) in five Anglophone countries. Drawing on the academic literacies tradition and informed…
Descriptors: Masters Theses, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lu Cao; Stephen Doherty; James F. Lee – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
As the final phase of the translation process, self-revision has traditionally been a relatively neglected component despite it being widely acknowledged as critical to achieving high-quality translation and in translator training. To identify effective educational interventions for self-revision, the current paper reports on a study that…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Professional Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
King, Rosemary; Blayney, Paul; Sweller, John – Accounting Education, 2021
This study offers evidence of the impact of language background on the performance of students enrolled in an accounting study unit. It aims to quantify the effects of language background on performance in essay questions, compared to calculation questions requiring an application of procedures. Marks were collected from 2850 students. The results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Accounting, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ollerhead, Sue – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
In recent years, Australian schools have become increasingly multilingual, with students needing targeted support to develop academic English, yet also bringing rich linguistic and cultural resources to the classroom. Policymakers have recognised the critical role of identifying and describing the language and literacy demands in all disciplines,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Literacy Education, Professional Identity
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
These proceedings contain the papers of the 15th International Conference on e-Learning (EL 2021), which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), July 20-22, 2021. This conference is part of the 15th Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS), July 20-23, 2021,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technological Literacy, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Liu, Xin; Hale, Sandra – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2018
Courtroom interpreting requires a high level of accuracy due to the strategic use of language in such an institutional setting. It is generally agreed among interpreting scholars that quality interpreting in court should accurately relay both propositional content and illocutionary force of the original utterances. This high standard of accuracy…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Court Litigation, Translation, Accuracy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Al Hamdany, Hayder; Picard, Michelle – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
This paper explores the perceptions of Iraqi students of three different English Programs (a general English for academic purposes program, a pre-enrolment English program and the English component of a disciplinary bridging program) at an Australian University as reflected in their language learning narratives. It focuses specifically on the…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Xuan, Pham Thi Thanh – TESOL in Context, 2014
Few studies have focused on the identity formation of non-native English speaking teachers (NNESTs) as legitimate speakers and teachers of English. Drawing on Norton's (2000) poststructuralist theory of identity as a process of struggling and changing, this study examined whether and how Asian international students studying for a Masters in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Kettle, Margaret – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2011
This paper joins growing interest in the concept of practice, and uses it to reconceptualise international student engagement with the demands of study at an Australian university. Practice foregrounds institutional structures and student agency and brings together psychologically- and socially-oriented perspectives on international student…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Education Courses, Teaching Methods, Models
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bambacas, Mary; Sanderson, Gavin B. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2011
This paper reports on Stage 1 of a learning and teaching project focused on students studying in the Chinese and English language delivery of transnational Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs of an Australian university. The programs are delivered using limited and intensive face-to-face teaching augmented by self-directed and…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Business Administration, Foreign Countries, Internet