Predicting international students' clinical and academic grades using two language tests (IELTS and C-test): A correlational research study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.10.007
Abstract: Academic English tests are used to ascertain if international English as a Second Language nursing students have sufficient language skills to commence their nursing degrees, and later, if they have sufficient English for nursing registration.… read more here.
Keywords: english tests; nursing; ielts test; test ... See more keywords
Disciplinary variations in learning styles and preferences: Implications for the provision of academic English
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DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2018.12.010
Abstract: Abstract In higher education, ‘disciplines’ is a construct that demarcates knowledge and academic identities. Individual disciplines commonly have their own practices, and thus the idea of disciplinary specificity has recently attracted research attention although less… read more here.
Keywords: styles preferences; academic english; variations learning; learning styles ... See more keywords
Deflating the ‘Confucian Heritage Culture’ thesis in intercultural and academic English education
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DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2016.1259321
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper develops an interdisciplinary critical perspective on the concept of ‘Confucian Heritage Cultures’ (CHC), used in intercultural and English language teaching theory to explain the supposed culturally distinct learning habits, expectations and schemas… read more here.
Keywords: thesis; confucian heritage; deflating confucian; culture ... See more keywords