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Direct linkDippold, Doris; Heron, Marion; Gravett, Karen – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
This paper offers a reconceptualisation of international students' transitions into and through UK higher education. We present two case studies of students which explore their transitions in terms of their academic speaking skills from pre-sessional courses into their disciplinary studies. Students describe how the development of their confidence…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Speech Skills, Academic Language
J. Lettington; J. Van Herwegen – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: The home literacy environment (HLE) has rarely been examined for individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders, including individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome. Method: The current study surveyed carers of individuals with Down syndrome (n = 48) and Williams syndrome (n = 18) in the United Kingdom (UK). Results: The…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Developmental Disabilities, Down Syndrome
Baker, Lewis; Heron, Marion – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
A key purpose of the Foundation Year provision is to prepare students, often from a widening participation background, for their undergraduate study. Research has established that access to academic discourse and disciplinary knowledge is, to a large extent, dependent on students' academic language and literacy skills, including oracy skills.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Transitional Programs, College Preparation
Sun, Qingyang; Yang, Zeyang – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022
Feedback practices for students' speaking activities in an online environment are very different from those on-site. This study investigated online feedback practices for speaking skills in a Sino-UK joint-venture university, as well as teachers and students' perceptions of the practices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Educational Methods, Academic Language
Download full textInoue, Chihiro; Lam, Daniel M. K. – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
This study investigated the effects of two different planning time conditions (i.e., operational [20 s] and extended length [90 s]) for the lecture listening-into-speaking tasks of the "TOEFL iBT"® test for candidates at different proficiency levels. Seventy international students based in universities and language schools in the United…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Marina Orsini-Jones – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
This article discusses Vietnam Virtual EXchange for English Language Teaching (ViVEXELT), a project funded by the British Council -- Vietnam (Digital Learning Innovation Fund Pilot -- Response to COVID-19). It makes a substantial contribution to the theorization of Virtual Exchange as a fertile and inclusive knowledge-sharing Third Space. ViVEXELT…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments
Chong, Sin Wang, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses. Learning-oriented language assessment refers to language assessment strategies that capitalise on learner differences and their relationships with the learning environments. In other words, learners are placed at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Evaluation Methods, Student Centered Learning
