EAP : imagining a new tertiary community
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Malthus, Caroline
Widin, J.
Widin, J.
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2018-07-04
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Journal Article
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Lao PDR
Lao students
pre-departure training
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
EAP
tertiary students
academic culture
international students
New Zealand
imagined communities
relationality
student voice
sociocultural
agency
academic preparation
Lao students
pre-departure training
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
EAP
tertiary students
academic culture
international students
New Zealand
imagined communities
relationality
student voice
sociocultural
agency
academic preparation
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Malthus, C. M., & Widin, J. (2018). EAP: Imagining a new tertiary community. Journal of Academic Language & Learning, 12(2), A75-A87.
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 ofrelational agency, we reflect on ways that these approaches provided a basis for students to observe and experience the deployment of new aca demic skills and related social practices as additions to their existing repertoires.
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Association for Academic Language and Learning
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© 2018 C. Malthus & J. Widin.