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International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Research Reports 2000
Author: International Student Transitions
Author: Maureen Snow AndradePublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 152753569X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
US higher education institutions host more than a million international students, many of whom speak English as a second language (ESL). As this number is projected to grow, it is vital that new curricular and non-curricular approaches to English language development are considered, including rigorous evaluation processes. This book introduces a framework to guide institutions in examining their views and beliefs regarding language acquisition and current approaches to international student success. It makes a distinction between a philosophy of support and a philosophy of development with a focus on the latter. It provides stakeholders with theoretical and practical foundations from which they can design, develop, and implement new models for students’ linguistic and cultural growth. Application of the framework will encourage institutions to examine support models that have been in place for decades and develop effective processes for generating innovative programming and practices aimed at helping international ESL students achieve their educational goals.
IELTS International English Language Testing System
Author: Text-Based Research and Teaching
Author: Peter MickanPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137598492
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
Contributions in this book illustrate the many methods available for researching language in context and for the analysis of everyday text types. Each chapter highlights language as a resource for the expression of meanings—a social semiotic resource. Text analysis is used to reveal our capacity to formulate multiple meanings for participation in different social practices—in relationships, in work, in education and in leisure. The approach is applied in text-based teaching and in the critical analysis of public discourses. The texts come from different social spheres including banking, language classes, senate hearings, national tests and textbooks, and interior architecture. Text-based research makes a major contribution to Critical Discourse Analysis. The editors and authors of this book demonstrate the value of text analysis for awareness of the role of language for accountable citizenship and for teaching and learning. This book will be of interest to anyone researching in the fields of language learning and teaching, functional linguistics, multimodality, social semiotics, systemic functional linguistics, text-based teaching, and genre analysis, as well as literacy teachers and undergraduate and postgraduate students of linguistics, media and education.
Assessing English Proficiency for University Study
Author: J. ReadPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137315695
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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This book focuses on strategies and procedures for assessing the academic language ability of students entering an English-medium university, so that those with significant needs can have access to opportunities to enhance their language skills.
IELTS Research Reports: 1. An ethnographic study of classroom instruction in an IELTS preparation program
Author: Robyn TullohPublisher:
ISBN: 9780977587551
Category : English language
Languages : en
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International English Language Testing System
Author: International English Language Testing System
Author: IELTS Research Reports 2003
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ISBN: 9780864030450
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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