Addressing the ongoing English language growth of international students : final report 2010.
Lead Institution: Monash University
Project: CG7-453
This report presents the outcomes of The English Language Growth (ELG) Project, a large scale project conducted in five Australian universities in 2008-09 to address the ongoing English language development of international students from non-English speaking backgrounds. The study focused on the fac...
Institution(s): | Monash University Edith Cowan University University of Melbourne |
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Main Author(s): | Rochecouste, Judith Oliver, Rhonda Mulligan, Denise Davies, Martin |
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Australian Learning and Teaching Council
2010
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Online Access: |
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Summary: | This report presents the outcomes of The English Language Growth (ELG) Project, a large scale project conducted in five Australian universities in 2008-09 to address the ongoing English language development of international students from non-English speaking backgrounds. The study focused on the factors influencing the growth in their English language competence over time and investigated the relationship between academic success and two factors affecting language development: 1) language and academic learning strategy use and 2) affective learning variables (e.g., motivation, anxiety, beliefs). [Executive summary, ed] |
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ISBN: | 9781921856037 |