EAL Student Capability: Taking a Leap Through the Dragon’s Gate

This ethnographic study, set at a higher educational institution (HEI) in New Zealand, was inspired by the many English as an additional language (EAL)/international students at HEIs prior to the current pandemic situation in the world. The motivation was to understand the students better from a bey...

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Main Author: Kerstin Dofs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kanda University of International Studies 2022-12-01
Series:Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal
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Online Access:https://sisaljournal.org/archives/dec22/dofs/
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Summary:This ethnographic study, set at a higher educational institution (HEI) in New Zealand, was inspired by the many English as an additional language (EAL)/international students at HEIs prior to the current pandemic situation in the world. The motivation was to understand the students better from a beyond the Language Self-Access Centre (LSAC) perspective and to see if their needs were met competently. Whereas students were using English in a new educational system and in an unfamiliar society, HEIs aim to internationalise in order to provide excellent education for them. The suggestion here is that a transformation through mutual adjustments would benefit both students and institutions. Reflection on measures for both sides to adopt in adjusting to each other is included.
ISSN:2185-3762