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Teaching writing to students from Asia: linking approach and motivation

U, A.; Toh, G. (Language Centre, Hong Kong Baptist University, AUT University; 2006)

This article is based on a study of the motivation and perceived outcomes of students from non-English speaking backgrounds enrolled in the English for Academic Study program at the Auckland University of Technology. It ...
Can busy classroom teachers really do action research: an action research study in an EAL [English as Additional Language] tertiary setting

Denny, HG (Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, AUT University; 2006)

Recent literature in general and language teacher education has promoted the benefits of empowering teachers to be in control of their professional development and curriculum development through reflection on practice and ...
Preparing EAL students for the interactional demands of mainstream group assessment projects

U, A.; Strauss, P. (TESOLANZ, AUT University; 2006)

For NESB (Non English Speaking Background) students, the adjustments required to study successfully at a tertiary institution are varied and taxing (Myles & Cheng, 2003). Probably the greatest difficulty they encounter is ...
Code-switching and language maintenance as reflected in the daily communication among Chinese in Auckland

Yu, S (AUT University: CNKI; 2006)

Traditional study on code-switching has mainly been focusing on three aspects of this phenomenon: its social function and meaning, psycholinguistic mechanism, and grammatical constrains involved. This paper, however, ...