Academic practice as explanatory framework: Reconceptualising international student academic engagement and university teaching

Discourse

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Kettle, Margaret ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Higher education; International students; Learning strategies; Practice; Second language learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957665096     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2011.537067     Document Type: Article

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