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