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Case, Rod; Nall, Matthew – English Australia Journal, 2023
This article explores how research on the teaching of pragmatics, specifically as it relates to the use of explicit and implicit instruction, can serve as a guide for expanding the instruction of social language to immigrant students in Australia as well as other students. The curriculum and expectations from the Australian Migrant English Program…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Oyelekan, Oloyede Solomon; Upahi, Johnson Enero – Science Education International, 2022
Disadvantaged pupils are those pupils whose ability to learn in school is impeded by their family, social or economic situations which are often times beyond their control. Without adequate intervention, there are chances that this group of pupils could drop out of school. In Nigeria, there are many categories of disadvantaged pupils into which a…
Descriptors: Science Education, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Migrants
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Cara Dinneen; John Gardiner; Mohammed Sameer; Jeremy Koay; Sharon Cullen; Tony Hickey; Alejandra Vazquez; Jose Lara; Mariela Mazzei – English Australia Journal, 2024
Direct Entry Programs (DEPs) at Australian universities are designed to enhance students' English language and academic skills, with the primary goals of preparing and assuring students' readiness for university studies. Given that university tasks often require the integration of language skills (e.g., writing assignments using information from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English Language Learners, College Readiness
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Hetcherla,Narendra Kumar – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
A language 'test' is a systematic procedure for observing a person's behavior and describing it with the aid of a numerical scale or category system (Cronbach LJ 1971: 26). A test cannot be based on a selection of items chosen on linguistic grounds alone, and that to devise an effective test, it is necessary to specify how an examinee requires to…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Fisenko, Olga; Belous, Anastasiya; Vukolova, Elena; Sycheva, Irina – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The developing grammatical competence in teaching Russian as a foreign language foreign student at the stage of pre-higher education training is one of the most important tasks facing linguodidactics. The success of mastering Russian as a foreign language depends on the level of grammatical competence. Knowledge of grammar contributes to better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Russian, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Jessner, Ulrike; Allgäuer-Hackl, Elisabeth – AILA Review, 2022
Metacognition has been increasingly discussed as one of the main features of learning in the 21st century (see Haukås, Bjørke, & Dypedahl, 2018). In the Dynamic Model of Multilingualism Theory (DMM) (Herdina & Jessner 2002), which applies Complexity and Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) to multilingualism, it is argued that multilinguals…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Bilingual Education, Multilingualism, Linguistic Theory
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Willans, Fiona – Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
While more and more universities in traditionally non-Anglophone countries are moving towards English medium instruction (EMI), those of the nominally Anglophone postcolonial world are carrying on with business as usual. Higher education in many postcolonial countries has typically only ever been available through the language of the former…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Postcolonialism, Universities
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Beverly Baker; Angel Arias; Louis-David Bibeau; Yiwei Qin; Margret Norenberg; Jennifer St-John – Language Testing, 2024
Placement tests are used to support a particular need in a local context--to determine the best starting place for a student entering a specific programme of language study. This brief report will focus on the development of an innovative placement test with self-directed elements for our local needs at a university in Canada for students studying…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Placement Tests, Personal Autonomy, Test Construction
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Beaulne, Audrey – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2020
Striving for greater English proficiency and securing a job are common goals of newcomers to Canada. For newcomers in the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program, the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB)/Niveaux de competence linguistique canadiens (NCLC) provide an indicator of their abilities and progress in their language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, Benchmarking
Fiona McQuarrie – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2025
In 2024, British Columbia's (BC's) English as an Additional Language articulation committee revised the alignments of the provincial EAP (English for Academic Purposes) learning outcomes with the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLBs). The CLBs and the EAP outcomes both assess English proficiency for the purposes of post-secondary admission, program…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Guidelines
Im, Gwan-Hyeok; Shin, Dongil; Park, Soohyeon – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This study suggests a conceptual framework for policy-driven test development and validation, using the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) as an example context. By linking the literature on policy analysis and argument structure in the validation of testing, the strong relationships between policy and testing are illustrated. This rationalizes…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Korean, Test Construction
Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2025
This research summary describes an Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) research project that explored how long it takes Australian students learning English as an additional language (EAL) to develop the English language skills necessary to participate equitably in curriculum learning. It outlines the key findings, context and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Public Schools, Language Proficiency
Lucy Lu; Wai Yin Wan; Olivia Groves; Jenny Hammond – Australian Education Research Organisation Limited, 2025
The following are additional results from the research described in the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)'s main project report, "How Long it Takes to Learn English While Learning the Curriculum." Specifically, these results supplement the results from Part 2 of the project, which used the NSW DoE's EAL/D Annual Survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Public Schools
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Oliver McGarr – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2024
The importance of Digital Competence in teacher education has increased in recent years resulting in a range of digital competency frameworks aimed at guiding national and regional governments in their integration of digital competence in teacher education. The discourses and assumptions underpinning digital competence frameworks are discussed in…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Digital Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Policy
Karayel, Sevinc; Ramazanova, Shalala; Fisenko, Olga – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The Turkish students who study at Russian universities continue learning Russian at the main departments. The main difficulty which foreign students face while learning Russian is scientific style. Those who teach Russian as a foreign language admit that foreign students are often unprepared to learn specific vocabulary. The article covers a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students, Second Language Instruction
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