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Fenton-Smith, Ben; Gurney, Laura – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2022
The complex role of academic language and learning (ALL) professionals in higher education is poorly understood, even though it contributes to key outcomes such as improved study skills, academic language enhancement, curriculum development and student retention. In this paper, we explore the multiple professional identities of people working in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Professional Identity, Academic Language, Higher Education
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Murray, Neil; Hicks, Margaret – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2016
As the university student body becomes ever more diverse, the place and nature of English language provision is coming under unprecedented scrutiny and is the object of greater regulation. Today, more than ever before, institutions of higher education are being called to account for the way in which they support this diverse population in respect…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Higher Education
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Cattell, Ray – Vestes, 1974
Departments of linguistics in Australian universities and their interdisciplinary characteristics are discussed. (PG)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Departments, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Crichton, Jonathan; Scarino, Angela – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
The internationalisation of education has become a major focus of international, national and institutional attention, reflected in a substantial and expanding literature on how internationalisation is manifested, how it might be promoted, its implications for areas such as government policy, strategic planning and management, educational quality,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Garner, Mark W. J. – 1977
In view of the many and varied language problems in the typical Australian school, a general course in language studies is essential for all teachers. This paper attempts to suggest a basic orientation and a set of guiding principles for such a course. The content of a general language course is discussed in terms of what a teacher needs to know…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content
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Kleinsasser, Robert C. – AILA Review, 2004
This paper reviews some emerging trends in applied linguistics in both Australia and New Zealand. It sketches the current scene of (selected) postgraduate applied linguistics programs in higher education and considers how various university programs define applied linguistics through the classes (titles) they have postgraduate students complete to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Applied Linguistics, Trend Analysis, Higher Education
Cooper, Robert L., Ed.; Shohamy, Elana, Ed.; Walters, Joel, Ed. – 2001
This edited volume contains 15 chapters. Part one, "Language Teaching, Language Learning, and Literacy," has three chapters: "The Monolingual Teaching and Bilingual Learning of English" (Henry G. Widdowson); "Literacy: The Extension of Languages Through Other Means" (Ellen Bialystok); "Bilingual Processing…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Diachronic Linguistics, Diglossia