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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
CRICOS No. 00213J
QUT Business School Language and Learning Support
Lee Holloway and Felicity Jodell, Language and Learning Advisers – ISS/QUT Business School, Brisbane November 2011
AALL 10th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, Australia
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
Team Work – over to you!
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www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/thailand flood reaches Bangkod.html
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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