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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"academic literacy development"”.
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An ecological systems theory approach to academic acculturation of female international students from the Arab Gulf
… Gulf countries explores their experiences of academic acculturation to their graduate programs, university, and community, and uses Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems model as a framework to understand these experiences. Data was collected with six participants from three Arab Gulf countries …
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"This is Almost an Identity for Me": Disposition, Academic Literacy, and the Experiences of Successful Student Writers
… the role of dispositions in relation to academic literacy development. Based on students' stories about their experiences with academic literacy, I identify a set of dispositional qualities and examine how, when, and why those dispositional qualities influence students' developing …
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An exploration of the nature of teacher/peer feedback interactions on pre-sessional English for academic purposes (EAP) courses in UK higher education.
… conferences, within the context of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programmes‘ pre-sessional writing courses in a UK university. The author poses two distinct questions: first, what methods are employed in the supporting of students‘ learning processes in terms of teacher-student writing …
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Beyond "English language learner": Second language writers, academic literacy, and issues of identity in the United States high school
… their learning, their sense of self, and their academic writing. Within the perspective that writing is a socially-embedded activity, I conducted five case studies documenting the academic writing experiences of immigrant students from various countries (Nigeria, Taiwan, Dominican Republic and …