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The Academic Literacy of International Postgraduate Students in Australia: A Cause for Concern?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article discusses the academic literacy challenges faced by international postgraduate students at a South Australian university and evaluates the effectiveness of existing institutional support mechanisms. Drawing on survey data, the study highlights significant difficulties in academic reading, writing, and spoken communication, with ...
Werner Botha   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Chinese International Students’ Intercultural Competence in Australian University Classrooms: Challenges and Opportunities

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the increasing number of Chinese international students in Australian universities, intercultural competence has become a critical factor influencing their interactions with Australian tutors in university classroom settings. Existing research often examines students’ intercultural competence from a single‐method or single‐perspective ...
Jiangyu Han, Linda Tsung
wiley   +1 more source

Changed Minds and L2 Motivation: Reflections of Japanese EFL Students Living, Laboring and Learning in Vietnam

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT English as a lingua franca (ELF) is increasingly used for communication in many EFL contexts, including Vietnam. Although Japan and Vietnam have a long history of economic cooperation, for practical reasons, English typically functions as the medium of communication between the two groups. This study examines Japanese expats who had studied or
Mark R. Freiermuth, Satomi Kanaya
wiley   +1 more source

Global Interns or Learners of Japanese?: American Interns’ Negotiation of Positioning Across Orders of Indexicality in Japanese Workplaces

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid Japan's internationalization efforts, foreign employees are positioned as global English‐speaking talent while simultaneously facing expectations to conform to Japanese linguacultural norms. This study examines how such tensions are negotiated through the narratives of two interns—one African American and one Vietnamese American—in ...
Hae Ree Jun
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Compartmentalized L1/L2 Teaching: Connecting Languages to Foster In‐Depth Learning and Multi/Trans Lingual Selves

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines elementary Grade 5 and 6 students’ emic perspectives on their L1 French and L2 English teachers’ cross‐curricular efforts to build linguistic and conceptual bridges. Drawing on research on translanguaging pedagogies and recent motivation scholarship, we propose a multi‐competence view of motivation that aligns more closely ...
Sunny Man Chu Lau   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intercultural communication through the eyes of patients: experiences and preferences. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Med Educ, 2017
Paternotte E   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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