Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking

Although communication skills in English are important for both their career prospects and the success of their overall study experience, many international students find their spoken English a barrier to employment after graduation. In this paper, we draw on longitudinal interview data from interna...

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Main Authors:	Yates, Lynda, Wahid, Ridwan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 2013
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education LC65 Social aspects of education PE English
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/34676/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34676/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34676/1/challengestobrandOZ.pdf

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spelling	iium-346762014-01-20T06:57:54Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34676/ Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking Yates, Lynda Wahid, Ridwan LB2300 Higher Education LC65 Social aspects of education PE English Although communication skills in English are important for both their career prospects and the success of their overall study experience, many international students find their spoken English a barrier to employment after graduation. In this paper, we draw on longitudinal interview data from international postgraduates to investigate the individual and social factors that impacted on the development of their speaking skills as they studied in Australia. Our findings suggest that, despite high levels of motivation to improve, they received little instruction in such skills on their English for Academic Purposes programs and had little access to them in the community. We argue that for compelling moral as well as economic reasons universities urgently need to address these issues through both instruction and social integration initiatives if they are to safeguard their lucrative but vulnerable overseas markets. Routledge 2013-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34676/1/challengestobrandOZ.pdf Yates, Lynda and Wahid, Ridwan (2013) Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking. Higher Education Research and Development, 32 (6). pp. 1037-1050. ISSN 0729-4360 http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/herd
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description	Although communication skills in English are important for both their career prospects and the success of their overall study experience, many international students find their spoken English a barrier to employment after graduation. In this paper, we draw on longitudinal interview data from international postgraduates to investigate the individual and social factors that impacted on the development of their speaking skills as they studied in Australia. Our findings suggest that, despite high levels of motivation to improve, they received little instruction in such skills on their English for Academic Purposes programs and had little access to them in the community. We argue that for compelling moral as well as economic reasons universities urgently need to address these issues through both instruction and social integration initiatives if they are to safeguard their lucrative but vulnerable overseas markets.
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title	Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking
title_short	Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking
title_full	Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking
title_fullStr	Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking
title_full_unstemmed	Challenges to brand Australia: international students and the problem with speaking
title_sort	challenges to brand australia: international students and the problem with speaking
publisher	Routledge
publishDate	2013
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