Cultural dimensions of feedback at an Australian university: a study of international students with English as an additional language

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 420-435

  Warner, Richard ^a   Miller, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic acculturation; autonomy; English as an additional language; expectations; feedback; intercultural; student experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924631329     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2014.956695     Document Type: Article

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