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Fenton-Smith, Ben; Humphreys, Pamela – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
As in other Anglophone nations, a large percentage of Australia's postgraduate international students come from English as an additional language (EAL) backgrounds, and many require development of their academic language and learning (ALL) capabilities to successfully navigate a higher degree. This paper investigates those capabilities through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Academic Discourse, English (Second Language)
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Cotos, Elena; Link, Stephanie; Huffman, Sarah – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
To better understand the promising effects of data-driven learning (DDL) on language learning processes and outcomes, this study explored DDL learning events enabled by the Research Writing Tutor (RWT), a web-based platform containing an English language corpus annotated to enhance rhetorical input, a concordancer that was searchable for…
Descriptors: Data, Computer Assisted Instruction, Mixed Methods Research, Graduate Students
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Williams, Gareth J.; Emerson, Anne; Larkin, Rebecca F.; Norman, Christine – Psychology Teaching Review, 2014
Teaching academic writing skills in a way that engages students in deep learning is difficult and there is a risk of encouraging surface learning approaches. Moreover, linking the experience of the research process to understanding the provenance of research studies is difficult for students as they tend to experience research, referencing,…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Research Skills, Learning Activities, Writing Skills
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Freedman, Leora – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2015
An adaptation of the traditional literary concept of close reading was developed for use in a largely multilingual classroom in which both first language (L1) and second language (L2) students were struggling to comprehend theoretical, lexically dense texts in English. This simplified method of reading a text iteratively and critically is proving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Reading, Reading Strategies, Multilingualism
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Chanock, Kate; Horton, Craig; Reedman, Mark; Stephenson, Bret – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2012
This article discusses a Design for Learning project in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, where academic and personal support for students was interwoven in their first semester. Staff of the Academic Language and Learning Unit (ALLU) worked with discipline staff to develop their students' capabilities across a range of disciplines,…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Feedback (Response), Tutors, Academic Achievement
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Fujimoto, Yuka; Hagel, Pauline; Turner, Paul; Kattiyapornpong, Uraiporn; Zutshi, Ambika – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2011
Academics often treat students' discipline-specific literacy as unproblematic. In doing so they may underestimate the difficulties for university students as they move between subjects of study that may involve different disciplines, language genres and academic practices. This paper describes an initiative aimed at supporting students in reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Discourse, Periodicals
Draper, Virginia – 1979
The development of a full-credit peer tutor training course for college freshmen is based on the assumption that respect for the writing student and respect for writing as a process are essential attitudes for peer tutors to acquire. Training begins with assigning tutors writing activities to make them more aware of themselves as writers and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, College Freshmen, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Lorch, Sue – 1983
Awareness of audience is of major importance in rhetoric, but most students who come to a writing center need help in recognizing and accommodating an audience for their work. Standard warnings from rhetoric texts and writing instructors not to write for the instructor not withstanding, it is the job of the writing center staff to help the student…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Audiences, Higher Education, Learning Laboratories
Capossela, Toni-Lee – 1997
Until recently, the conventional wisdom about the conjunction of peer tutoring and writing in the disciplines was that a tutor unfamiliar with subject matter actually operated at an advantage. In spite of some of the theoretical advantages of ignorance, recent research suggests that it is difficult to ask probing questions and make useful…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Higher Education, Peer Teaching, Remedial Instruction