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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
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Hoff, Meagan A. – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2020
Relatively little is known about the long-term academic literacy development of refugee-background students, particularly at the postsecondary level. The purpose of this study was to understand how refugee students leveraged their cultural and linguistic resources to navigate a competency-based online college program. Using a multiple case study,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Academic Language, Refugees, College Students
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Madhav Kafle – Educational Linguistics, 2021
While UNHCR estimates there are approximately 26 million refugees globally, only 1% of them have access to higher education. In US higher education, number of refugee-background students is often not tracked as they tend to be lumped together with other domestic students. While we do have some studies that explore transition and acculturation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries