EAP: Imagining a new tertiary community

Malthus, C; Widin, J

EAP: Imagining a new tertiary community

Malthus, C Widin, J

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Citation:: Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 2018, 12, (2), pp. 75-87
Issue Date:: 2018

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dc.contributor.author	Malthus, C
dc.contributor.author	Widin, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8148-6297
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-29T20:35:06Z
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dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 2018, 12, (2), pp. 75-87
dc.identifier.issn	1835-5196
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162868
dc.description.abstract	Through a case study of an English for Academic Purposes and academic readiness program in Lao PDR, this article explores how the particular needs of the students can be taken into account in the design and teaching approaches of such programs. The program, delivered for international students preparing to study in Australia or New Zealand, suggests ways to incorporate students’ voices, which, in the pressure to prepare students to cope with disciplinary and academic study demands, may be overlooked in the design of current EAP programs. We found that questions written by students gave insights into ways they were imagining their future study communities. Our responses involved drawing on the Lao students’ previous educational experiences to highlight the diverse learnings and insights they could bring to their new contexts. Working from sociocultural perspectives and with insights provided by the notion of relational agency, the authors reflect on ways that these approaches provided a basis for students to observe and experience the deployment of new academic skills and related social practices as additions to their existing repertoires.
dc.language	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Academic Language and Learning
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dc.subject	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 2004 Linguistics
dc.title	EAP: Imagining a new tertiary community
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Adult Learning and Applied Linguistics Program
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Abstract:

Through a case study of an English for Academic Purposes and academic readiness program in Lao PDR, this article explores how the particular needs of the students can be taken into account in the design and teaching approaches of such programs. The program, delivered for international students preparing to study in Australia or New Zealand, suggests ways to incorporate students’ voices, which, in the pressure to prepare students to cope with disciplinary and academic study demands, may be overlooked in the design of current EAP programs. We found that questions written by students gave insights into ways they were imagining their future study communities. Our responses involved drawing on the Lao students’ previous educational experiences to highlight the diverse learnings and insights they could bring to their new contexts. Working from sociocultural perspectives and with insights provided by the notion of relational agency, the authors reflect on ways that these approaches provided a basis for students to observe and experience the deployment of new academic skills and related social practices as additions to their existing repertoires.

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