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Academic Literacies in a South African Writing Centre: Student Perspectives on Established Practices

Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 2022
Through a case study conducted in 2014 and 2015 at the University of X in South Africa, the researchers collected focus group and survey data to develop a better understanding of the kinds of students who use the university’s Writing Centre and their ...
Tyler Evans-Tokaryk, Kabinga Jack Shabanza   +1 more
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A mixed-method investigation into international university students’ experience with academic language demands

Frontiers in Education, 2022
Post-secondary education institutions with English as a medium of instruction have prioritized internationalization, and as a result, many universities have been experiencing rapid growth in numbers of international students who speak English as an ...
Bruce Russell, Christine Barron, Hyunah Kim, Eunice Eunhee Jang   +3 more
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Use of Oral Reflection in Facilitating Graduate EAL Students’ Oral-Language Production and Strategy Use: An Empirical Action Research Study

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
Research in the fields of second-language acquisition and education has supported the value of written reflection, but scant research has explored how other types of reflection may come into play when learners employ strategies and produce oral language.
Li-Shih Huang
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Thriving through Uncertainties: The Agency and Resourcefulness of First-Year Chinese English as an Additional Language Writers in a Canadian University

BC TEAL Journal, 2021
Amidst the increased enrolment of international Chinese English as an additional language (EAL) students in North American universities, scholars have reported on their academic and social experiences in navigating English-medium studies (e.g., Liu, 2016;
Jing Mao
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Volunteer Support of English as an Additional Language (EAL) for Doctoral Students [PDF]

International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 2009
Introduction English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) research students are a prized resource for universities desirous of doctoral output. Universities wanting more annual doctoral completions (see confirmation of these phenomena in Carter, 2006; Powell, 2006; Walsh, 2006) compete for local and international students, with "strong growth in the numbers
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Proficiency in English is a better predictor of educational achievement than English as an Additional Language (EAL)

Educational Review, 2020
We compared two tools that have been used to capture the linguistic heterogeneity and achievement of students in England: the exposure-based distinction between English as an additional language (EAL) and monolingual learners, and the 2017–2018 five level teacher rating of proficiency in English (from ‘New to English’ to ‘Fluent’).
Hessel, AK, Strand, S
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Leveraging Generative AI for IELTS Preparation: Student Perspectives on Language Learning

Education Sciences
This study investigates Chinese students’ perspectives on leveraging Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to enhance reading and writing abilities in preparation for the language learning and examination.
Michael James Day, Tracy Zhang
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A systematic review of language and literacy interventions in children and adolescents with English as an additional language (EAL) [PDF]

The Language Learning Journal, 2018
Executive Summary Objective: A synthesis of evidence discussing the effectiveness of language and literacy interventions in children with English as an additional language. Our key research questions were: 1)What intervention studies have been published since 2014 addressing the language and literacy development of children with English as an ...
Emily Oxley, Cécile de Cat
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Multidisciplinary Breadth: The Many Facets of English as an Additional Language Teaching and Learning

BC TEAL Journal, 2021
This editorial celebrates the longest issue of the BC TEAL Journal published to date, with nine articles covering 141 pages and reflecting the multiple settings and contexts of the journal’s readership.
Scott Roy Douglas
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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