Four Floors, one door to success; enhancing the learning outcomes of EAL (English as Additional Language) students, both domestic and international, in QUT Business School, Brisbane

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QUT Business School Language and Learning Support

Lee Holloway and Felicity Jodell, Language and Learning Advisers – ISS/QUT Business School, Brisbane November 2011

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Project Parameters

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ISS/QBS– Traditional support + joint collaboration with QBS Initiative Commitment to fund four embedded positions for 2 years (April 2010-2012)Action research project to address the growing numbers of EAL students in the University’s largest faculty (2011 – 9,154 students with 41.4% IS, PG course enrolments 2,147) http://busobj.qut.edu.au

Project began by targeting PG core units with large numbers of EAL students and assessment items that require support.

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Policy meets Practice

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AUQA/ TEQSA/GPP require universities to support EAL students in diverse ways.Recognition that first year PG students need proactive transitionFYHE research (Kift, Nelson and Clarke, 2010)

Support Provided:EAL OrientationIntensive English Language Development Program in first 4 weeks of semester

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People power

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One LLA (Language and Learning Adviser) embedded in each school:

Economics and FinanceManagementAccountancyAdvertising, Marketing and Public Relations

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I’ll have four of those please

Four different disciplines with inherent similarities and differencesSupported by four distinct personalitiesFour main focus areas: discipline specific workshops, consultations, ELDP (English Language Development Program) and support for At Risk studentsCross fertilisation of students academic skills across all four schools

Relationships-the core of the project

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Ongoing Collaboration provides…

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Evaluation –work in progress

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Team Work – over to you!

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Please work in pairs/threes

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Please identify what strategies you use:

to work closely with academics to embed support for students

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QUESTIONS?