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This resource advises students of ways to improve their English Language Growth.
It contains five separate modules reflecting the findings of our project:
- Module 1: Staying motivated about your English. Module 1 introduces students to the importance of one's motivation and beliefs and how these factors can have an impact on one's learning.
- Module 2: Using your English. Module 2 introduces students to opportunities where they might use their English more and how to cope in these situations. This module also alerts users to consider how much they are actually using English in their day-to-day lives and how this might be increased.
- Module 3: Studying in English. This module covers strategies of value for academic learning, such as, social strategies (learning with groups, friends, etc), cognitive strategies (actual ways to expand knowledge) and metacognitive strategies (ways to organise one's learning).
- Module 4: What your lecturers expect of you. In Module 4 advice is provided about the expectations of lecturers. This information focuses in particular on the value of time commitment and exposure to the discipline area through extended reading.
- Module 5: Strategies for you to try. Module 5 is the longest module and includes strategies for improving the four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing). This module also includes a section on developing one's vocabulary for better discipline understanding and information literacy.
Checklists: With the exception of Module 4, checklists of strategies can be downloaded as pdf files. These checklists give students the opportunity to identify and record the strategies they are already using, and those ones they might like to try out to improve their English.
Voiceovers: Each module is introduced with an audio voiceover so that students have the opportunity to hear a range of Australian accents and to follow the text. Sound can be turned off using the "sound on/off" arrow on the front page, or the speaker icon on the following module pages.
Videos: Each module includes videos of students (or staff for module 4). In modules 1, 2, 3 and 5, these videos capture students' own experiences of their language and learning difficulties and how they overcame them. The staff module includes videos of an academic staff member who outlines his expectations of students and particularly international students.
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