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Welcome
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE GROWTH (ELG) is an online resource and research project to assist international university students whose first language is other than English.
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Five Australian universities are involved in the project: Monash University, The University of Melbourne and Deakin University in Melbourne, Edith Cowan University in Perth, and Macquarie University in Sydney.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE GROWTH students of participating universities :
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- The opportunity to contribute to our research through the ELG SURVEY and INTERVIEWS. Students’ ideas and strategies for developing their English will be used to produce resources to assist future international students and teaching staff.
- A RESOURCES page where students can find a range of tips to improve their English, along with links to outside sites to help with their skills development.
- ELG FORUMS where students participating in the research can exchange ideas and experiences relating to learning and studying in English.
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Explore the ELG Resources page for easy 'tips' to help you improve your English, including suggestions from other students who have completed the ELG survey (updated every week or so). Once you have tried the learning tips, why not talk about your experiences through the ELG Forums?
The Resources page also provides links to a wide range of online resources, plus services at your university that can assist you in developing your English and academic study skills
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Click here to visit the Resources page
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The ELG Team wishes to thank all students (more than 780 of you!) who completed the ELG survey. We hope it helped you learn more about how you can improve your English language and study skills. We will now begin to analyse your responses and put your ideas and strategies to good use in developing resources to enhance the learning experience for international students’ studying in Australia now and in the future.
We will progressively release results from the survey on this website, so please keep coming back!
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2009 iPOD Nano winners now drawn
All students completing the survey were invited to enter a draw to win an iPOD Nano 8GB. One iPOD was offered in both 2008 and 2009 at each of the participating universities. Winners for 2008 have previously been announced and all surveys completed between 28 November 2008 and 30 April 2009 went into the 2009 draw.
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Congratulations to our 2009 winners
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We'd like to congratulate the following people in winning their new iPod Nano 8Gb.
- Kyris from The University Of Melbourne
- Marina Belova from Macquarie University
- Rui Tang from Edith Cowan University
- Kun Wang from Monash University
- Mads Oppegaard from Deakin University
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Once you have completed the survey and have an ELG Log in, you can join our discussion board through the ELG Forums. The Forums will help you to talk about your successes and your difficulties, to get hints on learning from others, and to practise your English. Remember you don’t have to write perfectly for our discussion board, just tell us your experiences and successes in improving your English as best you can.
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Click here to enter the forums (you will need to log in using your ELG nickname and password)...
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Do you have ideas on learning and studying in English that you would like to share with other students? If you have previously complete the ELG survey, we invite you to take part in a one-on-one interview, or in a focus group with 4-5 other students if you would prefer.
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All students participating in interviews will receive a double movie pass.
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Click here to send an email to the ELG Project Manager to set up an interview
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Support for this project website has been provided by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
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The views expressed in the project do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
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