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Bo, Wenjin Vikki; Fu, Mingchen; Lim, Wei Ying – Language Testing, 2023
The role of international students' English language proficiency has been extensively researched to understand its impact on academic achievement in English-medium universities, mainly because of students' non-English-speaking backgrounds. However, the relationship between language proficiency and academic achievement among…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Weninger, Csilla – Classroom Discourse, 2020
This paper examines classroom discourse from English lessons that implemented a critical literacy unit focused on a contextualised social issue. Utilising the theoretical notion of frame, the analysis of classroom excerpts highlights how ideologies about English teaching and learning at times enter the discourse of the classes, not only overtly…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Low, Ee-Ling; Chong, Sylvia; Ellis, Mary – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
Possessing strong communication skills is essential in contributing to effective teaching. This paper investigates graduating student teachers' English language proficiency, as measured by IELTS tests scores, of graduating EL student teachers. The paper considers what teachers need to know about the English language given that English has been the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Language Proficiency