Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students
Of all the generic skills and attributes considered necessary for lifelong learning, communication skills are perhaps the most critical. This paper discusses issues of educational support required by Non English-Speaking Background (NESB)/international students to enable them to become more proficie...
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Lifelong Learning Conference Committee
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| author | Briguglio, Carmela |
| author2 | Dr Ken Appleton |
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| description | Of all the generic skills and attributes considered necessary for lifelong learning, communication skills are perhaps the most critical. This paper discusses issues of educational support required by Non English-Speaking Background (NESB)/international students to enable them to become more proficient in English language communication, and offers some suggestions based on the findings of several research projects undertaken at Curtin University of Technology. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-71912022-09-06T04:53:00Z Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students Briguglio, Carmela Dr Ken Appleton Dr Colin Macpherson Debbie Orr Of all the generic skills and attributes considered necessary for lifelong learning, communication skills are perhaps the most critical. This paper discusses issues of educational support required by Non English-Speaking Background (NESB)/international students to enable them to become more proficient in English language communication, and offers some suggestions based on the findings of several research projects undertaken at Curtin University of Technology. 2000 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7191 Lifelong Learning Conference Committee fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Briguglio, Carmela Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students |
| title | Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students |
| title_full | Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students |
| title_fullStr | Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students |
| title_short | Generic skills: Attending to the communication skills needs of international students |
| title_sort | generic skills: attending to the communication skills needs of international students |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7191 |