Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study

The importance of reading for academic study cannot be overemphasised. At the postgraduate level in particular, students are faced with complex text interpretation processes. International students, in addition, have to make a significant cultural/study shift; not only do they have to become accusto...

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Main Author: Bell, Joyce
Format: Journal Article
Published: Multilingual Matters Ltd. 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19155
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description The importance of reading for academic study cannot be overemphasised. At the postgraduate level in particular, students are faced with complex text interpretation processes. International students, in addition, have to make a significant cultural/study shift; not only do they have to become accustomed to the reading of academic texts using discipline-specific discourse patterns but often have to adjust to different conventions used by authors from cultural backgrounds other than their own. Despite difficulties which international postgraduate students may experience, reading problems and the expected outcomes have been cited as one of the most neglected areas of research. In addition, little is known about international student reading practices and how they change during study at an Australian university. This paper, part of a longitudinal study, using metacognitive and framing theories, explores aspects of framing and metacognition used by Indian/Bangladeshi postgraduate students when reading their texts during their first semester at an Australian university.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-191552017-09-13T15:43:06Z Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study Bell, Joyce The importance of reading for academic study cannot be overemphasised. At the postgraduate level in particular, students are faced with complex text interpretation processes. International students, in addition, have to make a significant cultural/study shift; not only do they have to become accustomed to the reading of academic texts using discipline-specific discourse patterns but often have to adjust to different conventions used by authors from cultural backgrounds other than their own. Despite difficulties which international postgraduate students may experience, reading problems and the expected outcomes have been cited as one of the most neglected areas of research. In addition, little is known about international student reading practices and how they change during study at an Australian university. This paper, part of a longitudinal study, using metacognitive and framing theories, explores aspects of framing and metacognition used by Indian/Bangladeshi postgraduate students when reading their texts during their first semester at an Australian university. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19155 10.2167/la402.0 Multilingual Matters Ltd. restricted
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Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study
title Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study
title_full Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study
title_fullStr Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study
title_full_unstemmed Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study
title_short Indian and Bangladeshi Perspectives: Use of Metacognition and Framing in Postgraduate Study
title_sort indian and bangladeshi perspectives: use of metacognition and framing in postgraduate study
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19155