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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"EAL students"”.
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Brokering practices among international EAL students at a New Zealand university
The numbers of international students enrolled in higher education in Anglophone countries have increased in the past decade, with the majority of students originating from Asian countries such as China. While it is in the interest of these universities to support international students during …
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What can the literacy narrative accounts of EAL students tell us about their transition from high school to university-based academic practices?
… narratives as a tool in academic writing for revealing the perceptions and values EAL students' place on their academic writing identities. The literacy narratives highlight the multiple identities that students bring with them to the act of writing and are shaped by the questions, Who am I? …
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Language attitudes, genre and culture capital : a case study of EAL students' access to a foundation course in the Humanities at UCT
… to facilitate access for a group of first year students who have English as an additional language in the Humanities at the University of Cape Town enrolled in a foundation course. The use of the genre of the praise poem in the curriculum is used as a case study to address how the cultural …
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A qualitative study of language preferences and behaviours of selected students and staff in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town, in the context of the university's implementation of its 2003 language policy and plan
… language contexts, preferences and behaviours of EAL students and staff in the Faculty of Humanities at UCT? The language contexts EAL students and staff find themselves in are either formal or informal. The former refers to domains such as the classroom and administration offices, while the …
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Teachers’ perspectives on the identification of, and provisions for, gifted and talented English as an additional language students
… schools have seen a sharp rise in the number of students who use English as an Additional Language (EAL). Almost one-third of them have been identified as having culturally and linguistically diverse ancestry (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016). Many are gifted and talented (GT). However, …
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The effects of integrated versus isolated form-focused instruction on the written performance of English-as-an-Additional-Language secondary school students
… school English-as-an-Additional-Language (EAL) students. This quasi-experimental study adopts the explanatory sequential mixed-method design. The participants in the study were ninety-one mainstream secondary school EAL students, divided into three groups: a control group, which …
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The effects of learning lexical chunks on the English writing proficiency of Chinese-speaking tertiary students in Australia
… a dramatic increase in the enrolment of overseas students. There is a concern that students’ academic success relies heavily on their mastery of academic writing. How to improve international English as an Additional Language (EAL) students’ proficiency has been a cause of significant concern and …
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An Exploration of the Adequacy of Support for EAL and ALN Learners in Curriculum for Wales
Providing students with the skills and knowledge to become 21st century citizens as part of Wales’ new purpose-driven curriculum: CfW should be uppermost and pervasive across its blueprint. Alongside embracing the 4Ps, enabling students to become, 1) ambitious, capable learners; 2) enterprising, …
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Supporting Classroom Inclusion: An Oracy Approach to Catalyse Learning Scientific Vocabulary
… for learning secondary science. Whilst all students may encounter challenges whilst learning technical vocabulary, those who are learning English may encounter additional challenges due to the language barrier posed by English-as-a-medium-of-instruction schooling in England. As this area of …
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An activity theory analysis of social epistemologies within tertiary-level eLearning environments
… modes of delivery) in higher education in New Zealand. More specifically, due to the significant numbers of English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners enrolled in New Zealand tertiary institutions, the study seeks to gain a rich and in-depth understanding of the nature of teacher and EAL …
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Combining content-based and EAP approaches to academic writing: Towards an eclectic program
… increase in the enrolment of fee-paying overseas students whose preparation for tertiary studies may differ significantly from that of local students. Despite English language proficiency requirements, there is some concern that international entry tests do not adequately measure the complex …