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    Accessing Grammar in Senior Secondary English: A Victorian Exemplar
    Mulder, J ; Thomas, C (AATE-AUSTRALIAN ASSOC TEACHING ENGLISH, 2009)
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    Student Perceptions of Internationalization of the Curriculum An Australian case study
    Absalom, M ; Vadura, K (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2006-10)
    One of the recent imperatives in higher education worldwide has been internationalization of the curriculum. The object of this article is to explore student perceptions of internationalization across diverse course offerings within one school of the University of South Australia (UniSA). UniSA is notable in the Australian context as a university which from very early in its development enshrined internationalization among its seven ‘graduate qualities’. In this preliminary study, we explore the notions of internationalization of the curriculum as represented in the literature, describing the context for internationalization at UniSA before exploring student perceptions. Our data reveal that on the whole students appear to have a deep and integrated sense of internationalization of the curriculum which at times clashes with a less developed conceptualization defined by their course of study. From our study we are able to begin to define certain principles which foster internationalization of the curriculum and draw some challenging conclusions about its future in higher education.
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    Credit-Based Discipline Specific English for Academic Purposes Programmes in Higher Education Revitalizing the profession
    Melles, G ; Millar, G ; Morton, J ; Fegan, S (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2005-10)
    In the UK, North America and Australia, credit-bearing discipline specific English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses are seen as a challenge to remedial views of English as a Second Language and a key element in revitalizing a profession on the periphery of the institution. However, the EAP field has to confront not only institutional challenges to its acceptability as a discipline but also tensions within the field. In this article we examine the tensions which underpin current and future directions in the field, review the development of credit-based EAP courses in the US, UK and Australia, and illustrate our discussion with a case study from the University of Melbourne. We conclude by arguing that discipline specific credit-based EAP offers promising hope for the future of the EAP discipline in higher education, but that to achieve this end the field and practitioners need to find a position between critique of and accommodation to discipline specific content.
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    The rise and fall of modern Greek in Australia's universities what can a quantitative analysis tell us?
    Hajek, J ; Nicholas, N (SAGE Publications, 2004-12-01)
    In this article, we look at the state of Modern Greek in Australian universities, focusing on quantitative analysis of its rise and fall in the relatively short period of 35 years since it was first taught as a university subject in Australia. We consider the possible reasons behind this trajectory, in particular correlations with changing demography and a concomitant decline in the study of Greek in the secondary sector. We also ponder the future of Modern Greek in Australia’s tertiary system.
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