Wright, C orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-7903, Tsakalaki, A and Lin, M (2022) “Now I hear what you say” - how short EAP courses can foster successful academic interactional strategies. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 55. 101074. ISSN 1475-1585
Abstract
In globalised higher education, strategies to build academic interactional competence can be key to international students’ success, e.g. in seminars and oral assessments. Linguistically, academic interaction requires meaning-focused, other-oriented oral skills, which can be challenging for international second-language (L2) students to acquire, even with specific training. This study reports on data from 230 postgraduate students of mixed L1s, comparing use of L2 listening and speaking strategies at the start and end of a 5-week English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programme at a UK university. We found a moderate significant improvement over time in meaning-focused listening strategies, and some evidence in increased use of a wider range of speaking strategies. Further factor analysis revealed a subtle but clear shift towards more other-oriented stance in both listening and speaking strategy use, although with much individual variation, and no significant correlation with proficiency. This study, one of the first to use speaker stance analysis in studying L2 academic communication, shows that even short-term EAP courses can have valuable potential in boosting strategies and skills, particularly in listening, which are needed for successful academic interactional competence.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Crown Copyright © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article, published in Journal of English for Academic Purposes. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Academic interactional competence; EAP; Strategies; Skills; Disposition; Speaker stance |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Linguistics & Phonetics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2021 12:31 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101074 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:181377 |