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Bodis, Agnes – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
International education constitutes a key industry in Australia and international students represent a third of university students at Australian universities. This paper examines the media representation of international students in terms of their English language proficiency. The study applies Critical Discourse Analysis to the multimodal data…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Ben Arfa Rabai, Latifa; Cohen, Barry; Mili, Ali – Informatics in Education, 2015
In the same way that natural languages influence and shape the way we think, programming languages have a profound impact on the way a programmer analyzes a problem and formulates its solution in the form of a program. To the extent that a first programming course is likely to determine the student's approach to program design, program analysis,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Language Usage, Higher Education, Industry
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Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Weatherall, Ann – Human Communication Research, 1998
Investigates evidence of sex bias in references to men and women in "prompted but impromptu" discussions among undergraduate students concerning a popular television program. Finds that the form and content of descriptions varied depending on the sex of the referent. Shows that language used was not as overtly or pervasively sexist as had been…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Usage, Programming (Broadcast), Sex Bias
McKenzie, Robert – 1993
This paper states that college radio invokes two ends of a language spectrum -- the clean language authorized for on-air use and the dirty language prohibited from such use, and that the interaction between the two produces "expositional obscenity," a catalytic form of discourse that invites the audience to render a judgment about…
Descriptors: Audience Response, College Students, Court Litigation, Discourse Communities
Egbert, Joy, Ed.; Hanson-Smith, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1999
Essays on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) include: "Computer-Enhanced Language Learning Environments" (Joy Egbert, Chin-chi Chao, Elizabeth Hanson-Smith); "Theory and Research Interaction via Computers" (Joy Kreeft Peyton); "Classroom Practice: Creating Interactive CALL Activities" (Joy Egbert); "CALL…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style