The Importance of Talk to Learning: ESOL Students' Viewpoints.

Lewis, Marilyn; Gravatt, Breon

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Publication Date: 1999

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The Importance of Talk to Learning: ESOL Students' Viewpoints.

Lewis, Marilyn; Gravatt, Breon

New Zealand Journal of Adult Learning, v27 n1 p32-40 May 1999

A study of the nonparticipation of 302 non-English-speaking students in higher education in New Zealand identified the following reasons: shyness, sensitivity, and problems with the language of others as well as those related to vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar, and general expression and organization. Ways to address attitudinal problems were suggested. (JOW)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Class Activities, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Oral Language, School Attitudes, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand

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