Murray, Neil and Muller, Amanda (2019) Developing academic literacy through a decentralised model of English language provision. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 43 (10). pp. 1348-1362. doi:10.1080/0309877X.2018.1483015 ISSN 0309-877X.
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Abstract
Students entering English-medium universities frequently struggle to cope with the language demands of their degree programmes, despite having met the English language entry conditions stipulated by their receiving institutions. This can have significant repercussions for the teaching-learning process, for the student experience and for universities’ reputations. Most universities, therefore, have in place some form of in-sessional English language support to develop students’ language proficiency. Such provision tends to be centralised and to offer English for general academic purposes rather than language development that responds in a more nuanced way to the particular literacy needs of students’ disciplines. In this article we report on an alternative, decentralised model of language support, implemented in a School of Nursing and Midwifery, and which seeks to develop students’ competency in the language skills required for their Nursing studies and professional practice. Results to date have been encouraging and provide further evidence that such tailored provision offers a potentially fruitful language development strategy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers, Foreign study |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Further and Higher Education |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISSN: | 0309-877X |
| Official Date: | 2019 |
| Dates: | Date Event 2019 Published 17 July 2018 Available 26 May 2018 Accepted |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Number: | 10 |
| Page Range: | pp. 1348-1362 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0309877X.2018.1483015 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 July 2018 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 17 January 2020 |
| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/104951/ |
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