English as a second language in higher education

By Eliza.Compton, 30 January, 2024

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Students and faculty who use English as a second language have advantages and challenges in higher education. This collection of resources looks at how to support international students and multilingual staff as well as how language-teaching methods can be applied to areas such as sustainability. It includes English for academic purposes, teaching, writing, assessment, student support, medical training and academic publishing.

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By Laura.Duckett, 6 February, 2024

How to create effective listening environments for neurodiverse, international and deaf students

The left hand side of a woman's face with her hand held up against her ear

It’s important to consider the influence of your learning environment on listening effort, cognitive load and cognitive fatigue. Here are some tips

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5minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 15 June, 2023

Ten tips to succeed in publishing in English as a second language

English is now selected five times as often as the authors’ national language for journal article publication. Christopher Tancock explains how you can get published even if English is not your first language

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 10 June, 2022

Teaching English for academic mediation and discussion using team games

Using English for academic discussion and mediation is a challenge for students who are not native speakers. Laura McNabb shares classroom games that help students learn the language skills they need

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3minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 13 March, 2023

Managing cognitive load for EAL – and all – students

Extraneous cognitive load weighs especially heavily on students who have English as an additional language. Kate Power shares four ways in which you can support them while benefiting all students

By Eliza.Compton, 19 October, 2023

How to teach clinical communication skills in a foreign language from scratch

Student doctors practising clinical skills on a plush bear

This hands-on approach to clinical practice integrates content and language and enables both local and international students to acquire communication skills and vocabulary alongside activities relevant to medical practice

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 14 February, 2023

How to support multilingual international students in the classroom

Multilingual students face unique challenges that affect their participation and communication in the classroom, but educators can take steps to make them feel welcome

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 1 March, 2023

Hear this: a guide to writing an academic English listening test

Young woman recording audio on her phone

Listening scripts need to replicate authentic lectures – but you also need to factor in subject matter, tone and question types as you go
test

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4minutes

By Miranda Prynne, 17 August, 2022

A STEAM adventure: running a hybrid English immersion camp

Lessons in designing a hybrid English immersion camp that boosts language proficiency while developing key life skills

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 6 October, 2023

Do you speak Gen Z or are you a noob?

Group of young adults holding up speech balloons

Students want to study with academics who understand them and speak their language rather than learn from people they feel are out of touch. Here’s how to align your lingo and foster engagement

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4minutes

By dene.mullen, 20 September, 2022

Linguistic racism can take a high toll on international students

Linguistic racism in universities can have an adverse effect on mental health

Even seemingly innocuous comments on the way that students use dominant local languages can have severe effects on mental health, says Sender Dovchin

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4minutes

By dene.mullen, 8 September, 2022

Introducing ‘translanguaging’ – and other ways to promote multilingualism

The importance of promoting multilingual approaches in international universities

If universities are serious about internationalisation, they must confront the hegemony of English-medium instruction – here’s how, says Dylan Williams

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4minutes

By kiera.obrien, 5 December, 2023

Four key hurdles international students face – and what to do about them

A range of international flags, shot from below

How can we make international students’ academic journey a positive one? Katherine Mansfield suggests ways to alleviate their social, academic and language challenges

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4minutes

By Eliza.Compton, 6 June, 2023

A translation exercise to improve students’ creative writing

Young Indian student looking thoughtful at a laptop

Literary translation and writing have a cyclical, reciprocal relationship, as novelist Maithreyi Karnoor explains with a task to tap into students’ feel for language

By Miranda Prynne, 7 February, 2023

From personal to professional: incorporating sustainability into your university work

Image of someone picking up a plastic bottle from a beach

Practical advice for embedding sustainability issues into broader professional practice, taking lessons from teaching English language that are applicable across other disciplines

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4minutes

By miranda.prynne, 16 April, 2021

Greener assessment: transitioning to online marking

Move marking online to reduce waste paper at your university

Universities should lead by example on sustainability issues, looking at what they can do to shrink their environmental impact. Here, Ling Xia and Yao Wu outline a project that could herald a major reduction in their institution’s paper consumption

By Miranda Prynne, 2 August, 2022

Creative projects as a way of bringing students together

An institution-wide creative project is an opportunity for students to make friends and learn from one another, writes Karen Amanda Harris. Here, she shares tips for developing an extracurricular language-art project

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4minutes

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