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This article presents a research-based conceptual model for academic second language acquisition. The model identifies sociocultural, linguistic, academic and cognitive factors that are critical to the process of second language acquisition and is followed by recommendations for educators of non-native English speakers.
Harklau, L. (1998). Newcomers in U.S. higher education:
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This article provides a critical examination of current knowledge
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This article describes characteristics of Generation 1.5 students, those students who enter college while in the process of learning English. Suggestions concerning the particularities of these students’ course placement and writing instruction are also offered.
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This collection of research-based articles addresses major issues in the college writing instruction of Generation 1.5 U.S. high-school graduates who enter
college while in the process of learning English. What linguistic
and cultural backgrounds these students have and what instructional
programs would best serve their needs are just some of the topics
considered in the book.
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language writing. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
This book is a collection of thirteen articles that discuss key topics in the area of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers. Some of these topics are: research on second language writing; acquisition of English writing skills by non-native speakers; second language writing in relation to other disciplines; and the role of computers in developing second language writing skills.
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The article proposes a new framework for understanding student writing
in higher education, one that takes into account issues of identity
as well as the institutional relationships of power and authority
that characterize student writing practices.
The Changing World of International Students. (2006, December). Advocate Online. Retrieved January 9, 2007, from: http://www2.nea.org/he/advo-new/feature.html
The article discusses the academic needs of international students (referred
to as foreign
students
on our site) and offers suggestions for how faculty can address these needs
Ward, M. (1997, September 26). Myths about college English
as a second language. The Chronicle of Higher Education,
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The article uses CUNY statistics and SLA research to prove that
college ESL students are distinct from remedial students. It calls for more diverse ways of measuring college ESL writers’ English
proficiency than the impromptu writing assessment test.
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