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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"tertiary students"”.
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Chinese Tertiary Students' Willingness to Communicate in English
With the growing number of students from China who study abroad, many initially struggle to engage with native English speakers due to limited opportunities to develop oral English skills within their homeland (Gu and Maley, 2008). The reasons why Chinese students' may exhibit varied levels of …
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Developing generic skills for tertiary students in an online learning environment
… study sought to investigate ways of developing students' generic skills through the design and implementation of a learning environment that incorporated three key learning principles - authenticity, self-regulation and reflection. These were integrated into a course design methodology that …
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The Experiences of Hong Kong Tertiary Students With Disabilities: A Qualitative Exploration
… the barriers and supports encountered by nine students with disabilities at an institution of higher education in Hong Kong. Participant observation in classrooms at the university studied and semi-structured interviews with students with disabilities, their instructors, and staff designated to …
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Computer language support programs for tertiary students : a contribution to educational linguistics
Bibliography leaves 240-258.
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Scientific text structure awareness: A cross-cultural comparison of tertiary students from different language backgrounds
… awareness of scientific text structure among tertiary students from different language backgrounds. In this investigation, four reading passages containing two rhetorical text structures found in scientific discourse, comparison/contrast and problem/solution are employed. Meyer’s (1975) …
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A description of entry level tertiary students' mathematical achievement: Towards an analysis of student texts
A DESCRIPTION OF ENTRY LEVEL TERTIARY STUDENTS' MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT (Towards an analysis of student texts) M.S. Jacobs PhD Thesis, School of Mathematics and Science Education, University of the Western Cape. This research provides insights into the mathematical achievement of a cohort of …
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The impact of Siswati L1 on the acquisition of academic english by tertiary students in Swaziland
… an L1 and the acquisition of Academic English by students of the tertiary institutions of Swaziland. I examine five theoretical frameworks which are germane to L2 acquisition – error analysis, interdependency, transfer, interlanguage and fossilization. I discuss how these frameworks can help …
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The effects of learning lexical chunks on the English writing proficiency of Chinese-speaking tertiary students in Australia
Over the past decade, Australian tertiary institutions have seen 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) …
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The potential of the Japanese student market for Australia: the overseas travel expectations and preferences of Japanese tertiary students
… travel. Among them, university and college students have become one of the major forces in the Japanese leisure and travel market. Students are believed to have relatively more spare time and money to realise their desire for overseas travel. However, there is little information available on …
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Language learning strategies of Botswana students : An exploratory study
… explore the learning strategies used by Botswana students acquiring English as a second language. It also examines whether the choice of strategies is affected by the factors of different age/level of education, proficiency and gender. The research also explores whether the students’ self-efficacy …
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Chinese Postgraduate Students in a British University: Their Learning Experiences and Learning Beliefs
… study of a group of Chinese postgraduate students in a British university as they become adjusted to the culture of teaching and learning in the new learning environment during their first year of overseas study. It focuses on these Chinese students’ initial perceptions of British teaching …
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The impact of social networking on high school learners academic performance in rural areas : a case study of Ligege Secondary School
… of social networking on academic Performance of tertiary students have been done, but none focused on secondary learners in rural areas. This study adopted a quantitative and qualitative approach in Which 100 Grade 10 learners were purposively sampled to respond toa questionnaire and to …
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The extent of entrepreneurship education in fostering entrepreneurial intentions: the case of selected Technocal and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College, Limpopo Provonce
… of youth unemployment. To increase the number of Tertiary students who are interested in starting their own businesses or to lessen the number of young people looking for work, the government has been implementing entrepreneurship education programs to Tertiary Institutions in South Africa. The …
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Graduating students' perception of professional social media platforms for professional networking and career development
… particularly LinkedIn, in supporting final-year tertiary students in Dunedin with professional networking and career development. While PSMPs offer significant opportunities for career advancement, many students remain hesitant to engage in personal branding or fully utilise PSMPs. A key …
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The perceived effect that part-time work has on undergraduate and postgraduate osteopathic students
It is common in today's society for full time tertiary students to be working part-time. Reasons for employment range from paying for necessities to having money to attend social gatherings or other recreational activities. This study focuses on students from all year levels of the Osteopathic …
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Parents, Religion and Interpersonal Orientation : An Attachment Theory Perspective
… Questionnaire measures were taken from 242 tertiary students at a denominational college. Results indicated that the quality of the parent-child bond was significantly related to later psychosocial adjustment and religious orientation. Further, the quality of this bond was more closely …
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Re-thinking assesment philosophy and practice peer- and self-assesment
… through traditional assessment, but all students are disadvantaged by the one-size-fits-all, mechanistic approach which gives little consideration to the relational side of learning. This demands correction through a holistic philosophy of learning, where the learning environment caters …
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Analysis of Financial Literacy amongst University of Students: A Case Study of the University of Venda
… on financial decision making exercised by the tertiary students in South Africa, using the University of Venda (Univen) as a case study. The study does this in three steps. First, it provides the financial literacy levels of students at Univen assessed through an evaluation score that the …
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Teacher Education ICT Appropriation Model TEAM: A Model for ICT Appropriation in Early Childhood Initial Teacher Education
… This means that, where ITE includes introducing tertiary students to teaching with and through ICT, sociocultural elements must be taken into account and frame up ITE. This thesis sets out just such a frame.
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