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Lauder, Scott – International TESOL & Technology Journal, 2022
Many institutions around the world use the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to assess test-takers' proficiency in English, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where a given Band score (or its equivalent) is required for direct entry to majors taught in English. However, despite the test's importance and despite being one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Grades (Scholastic), Student Characteristics
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Emily Edwards; Rosalie Goldsmith; Caroline Havery – English Australia Journal, 2024
In this paper, we present and illustrate four principles used to develop discipline-specific academic language tutorials for students who enter university with low levels of academic language proficiency. The tutorials are part of a university-wide language support program following a post enrolment language assessment (PELA). The principles…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Intensive Language Courses, Academic Language, Second Language Learning
Zarei, Abbas Ali; Zarei, Nasrin – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Iranian EFL learners' proficiency level on their self-related personality traits (self-esteem and self-efficacy). To this end, 141 English major students, male and female, studying at Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) and Kar Non-profit University in Qazvin, Iran were…
Descriptors: Language Role, Personality Traits, Language Proficiency, Foreign Countries