TESOL in Context
Tesol in Context - Volume 18 Number 1
Xiang and O'Loughlin document the effectiveness of conferencing to improve students' writing within an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at tertiary level. As they explain, effective conferencing depends as much on the affective dimension of the conferencing process between teacher and student, than the primary focus on the text itself.
Yates' paper similarly focuses on TESOL in adult settings, and the policy and practice issues that arise from the continuous enrolment of new students into migrant ESL programs. The paper sets out the concerns the current policy context presents for the sector, together with strategies currently being deployed in a number of centres to mitigate those challenges.
Finally, Rushton moves the focus to school-based ESL: a project devised by ATESOL (NSW) to develop ‘Intellectual Quality' in mainstream settings which have high numbers of students with language backgrounds other than English. In particular, the paper highlights the importance of teachers' professional learning, development, and mentoring in ensuring the success of such programs for students.
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