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Conceptualising the English language needs of first year university students

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العنوان: Conceptualising the English language needs of first year university students
المؤلفون: Neil Murray
المصدر: International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 55-64 (2010)
بيانات النشر: Queensland University of Technology, 2010.
سنة النشر: 2010
المجموعة: LCC:Theory and practice of education
مصطلحات موضوعية: academic literacy, at-risk, english languague competency, good practice, NESB, ESB, Theory and practice of education, LB5-3640
الوصف: Australian universities are currently re-evaluating how they address the English language needs of their students of non-English speaking backgrounds. This is, in part, a response to ten ‘Good Practice Principles’ that constitute the main thrust of a government-commissioned document released in 2009 and designed to ensure that standards of good practice are established and maintained throughout the sector in respect of English language provision. This paper argues that any attempt to uphold these principles and implement provision that is coherent, relevant and rigorous, requires clarification of the concept of ‘proficiency’. To this end, a distinction is proposed between proficiency, academic literacy and professional communication skills, and consideration is given to the implications of this distinction in terms of (a) responding to the language needs of both native speaker and non-native speaker students, and (b) the post-enrolment language assessment of newly-enrolled students with a view to identifying those at risk.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1838-2959
Relation: https://fyhejournal.com/article/view/19; https://doaj.org/toc/1838-2959
DOI: 10.5204/intjfyhe.v1i1.19
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/f46a41d53eb14763a33325f973e0d611
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.f46a41d53eb14763a33325f973e0d611
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:18382959
DOI:10.5204/intjfyhe.v1i1.19