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Schneider, Britta; Daddow, Angela A. – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2017
As higher education has shifted from an elite to an internationalised and massified system, we can no longer assume that students entering Western universities are familiar with the multiple literacy expectations of the university and professional worlds. Students are required to negotiate between different literacy practices, imbued with…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods
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Murray, Neil; Nallaya, Shashi – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
As the number of students entering higher education continues to increase, many English-medium universities have been looking carefully at how to more effectively ensure that those for whom English is not a first language have the opportunity to develop the academic literacies they require to successfully engage with and complete their studies as…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Student Diversity, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Hansen-Thomas, Holly – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2009
Traditionally, mathematics has been considered easy for English language learners (ELLs) due to the belief that math is a "universal language." At the same time, reform-oriented mathematics curricula, designed to promote mathematical discourse, are increasingly being adopted by schools serving large numbers of ELLs. CMP, the Connected Math…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Mathematics Instruction, Second Language Learning, Educational Change