item: #1 of 57 id: bctj-220 author: Payant, Caroline; Hardy, Jack A. title: The Dynamic Rhetorical Structures of TESOL Conference Abstracts date: 2016-06-03 words: 8034 flesch: 50 summary: Perhaps because of the lack of available models, or maybe because there is a desire to keep the genre occluded, novice writers do not often receive explicit instruction on how to write conference proposals. Kaplan, et al. (1994) examined the genre of conference proposals submitted to AAAL. keywords: cas; conference; gap; journal; means; moves; number; proposals; research; study; tesol; writers cache: bctj-220.pdf plain text: bctj-220.txt item: #2 of 57 id: bctj-225 author: Binfet, John-Tyler; Trotman, Megan L.; Henstock, Heinrich D.; Silas, Haley J. title: Reducing the Affective Filter: Using Canine Assisted Therapy to Support International University Students’ English Language Development date: 2016-06-04 words: 8779 flesch: 52 summary: PAWSing student stress: A pilot study of the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog program on three Canadian campuses. Canada, along with the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, is considered one of the key English speaking destinations sought after by EAL students (Bohm et al., 2004). keywords: animal; campus; dogs; english; journal; language; number; participants; stress; students; study; therapy; university cache: bctj-225.pdf plain text: bctj-225.txt item: #3 of 57 id: bctj-230 author: Simpson, Alexandra M; Waye, Laurie title: “You Actually Learn Something”: Gathering Student Feedback Through Focus Group Research to Enhance Needs-Based Programming date: 2016-08-12 words: 6027 flesch: 55 summary: As well, the CAC point of view is that a tutorial is for helping support students strategically, instead of fully, while the participants’ comments demonstrated a different perspective. Like most institutions, the University of Victoria has a broad base of student support with lines indicating where the help of one department ends and another starts. keywords: cac; centre; focus; graduate; participants; programming; students; support; workshops; writing cache: bctj-230.pdf plain text: bctj-230.txt item: #4 of 57 id: bctj-235 author: Roessingh, Hetty title: Academic Language in K-12: What Is It, How Is It Learned, and How Can We Measure It? date: 2016-12-11 words: 6004 flesch: 50 summary: However, many of these words are not particularly difficult, and appear in the corpus of academic words young students in Grade 3 use in their writing in response to an expository prompt (Roessingh, Douglas & Wojtalewicz, 2016). Growth of academic words from Grade 3 to Grade 4 Tier 3 words are discipline or content area specific words such as mitosis and habitat. keywords: english; expository; grade; high; journal; language; learners; number; roessingh; university; vocabulary; words cache: bctj-235.pdf plain text: bctj-235.txt item: #5 of 57 id: bctj-238 author: Ranson, Samantha title: Growth: The Relationship Between Metanoia and Additional Language Learning in EAP date: 2016-10-30 words: 8017 flesch: 56 summary: A major theme emerging from the data in connection to metanoia and additional language learning was that of growth, particularly in terms of confidence, language learning, younger life, academic skills, organization, tolerance, community, and awareness. As a result, the participants in this study could interpret questions to have different meanings based on their relationship with English language learning and their personal backgrounds. keywords: canada; confidence; eap; english; growth; language; learning; metanoia; participants; study cache: bctj-238.pdf plain text: bctj-238.txt item: #6 of 57 id: bctj-240 author: Khatri, Raj title: Supporting Adult Learners with Refugee Experiences through English Language Instruction date: 2016-12-31 words: 4655 flesch: 52 summary: Adult refugee learners with limited literacy: Classroom management strategies to address the needs of Sudanese refugee learners. keywords: eal; experiences; instructors; language; learners; learning; new; refugee; refugee experiences cache: bctj-240.pdf plain text: bctj-240.txt item: #7 of 57 id: bctj-243 author: Wisla, Heather; Krauza, Wendy; Hu, Jim title: Service-Learning: Boldly Going Where EAL Students Have Not Gone Before date: 2017-04-24 words: 6088 flesch: 59 summary: According to Duncan and Kopperud (2008), service-learning is “a teaching and learning method that upholds a commitment to appreciating the assets of and serving the needs of a community partner while enhancing student learning and academic rigor through the practice of intentional reflective thinking and responsible civic action” (p. 4). However, most of the researchers have studied EAL students within the United States; far fewer have examined EAL students in the Canadian context. keywords: course; eal; english; journal; language; learning; research; service; skills; students; university cache: bctj-243.pdf plain text: bctj-243.txt item: #8 of 57 id: bctj-258 author: Douglas, Scott Roy title: A Journal for Teaching English as an Additional Language in British Columbia date: 2017-01-27 words: 795 flesch: 35 summary: Douglas i BC TEAL Journal Volume 1 Number 1 (2016): i-ii Editorial A Journal for Teaching English as an Additional Language in British Columbia Scott Roy Douglas University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) It is with a huge sense of accomplishment that the inaugural issue of the BC TEAL Journal is presented to the public. The BC TEAL Journal thus joins the growing ranks of other regional open access journals related to EAL teaching and learning such as: CATESOL Journal: http://www.catesoljournal.org/ GATESOL in Action Journal: http://georgiatesoljournal.org/ INTESOL Journal: https://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/intesol MINNETESOL keywords: journal; teal cache: bctj-258.pdf plain text: bctj-258.txt item: #9 of 57 id: bctj-264 author: Mudzingwa, Calisto title: The Portfolio-Based Language Assessment (PBLA): Suitable for Adult Learners? date: 2017-07-11 words: 4899 flesch: 52 summary: Andragogy was chosen as the yardstick because it created a portrait of adult learners and adult learning that is still considered a cornerstone of the best practices in adult education (Merriam, 2001). First, it created a portrait of adult learners and adult learning that is still considered the cornerstone of the best practices in adult education (Merriam, 2001). keywords: adult; andragogy; assessment; assumption; language; learners; learning; linc; pbla cache: bctj-264.pdf plain text: bctj-264.txt item: #10 of 57 id: bctj-267 author: Drew, Ryan; Mudzingwa, Calisto title: The Portfolio-based Language Assessment Model: Perceptions of Adult Immigrant English Language Learners date: 2018-02-16 words: 7695 flesch: 59 summary: Teacher Assessment Regarding the question whether participants had any prior experience with teacher assessments, 65.7% responded in the affirmative, 25.7% indicated that they had no previous experience with teacher assessment, and 8.6% did not answer the question. Teacher assessments garnered the most significant amount of positive perceptions, with 82.9% of the participants indicating that teacher assessments were “helpful” or “very helpful” for their language learning. keywords: assessments; language; learning; model; participants; pbla; peer; self; teacher cache: bctj-267.pdf plain text: bctj-267.txt item: #11 of 57 id: bctj-268 author: Tweedie, M. Gregory; Belanger, Carla; Rezazadeh, Kimberley; Vogel, Karen title: Trauma-informed Teaching Practice and Refugee Children: A Hopeful Reflection on Welcoming Our New Neighbours to Canadian Schools date: 2017-12-19 words: 4669 flesch: 51 summary: Supporting schools to create an inclusive environment for refugee students. Giving refugee students a strong head start: The LEAD program. keywords: children; education; journal; new; refugee; school; student; teacher; teaching; trauma cache: bctj-268.pdf plain text: bctj-268.txt item: #12 of 57 id: bctj-271 author: Burri, Michael title: Making Sense of Theory: A Doctoral Student’s Narrative of Conceptualizing a Theoretical Framework date: 2017-10-22 words: 5750 flesch: 53 summary: Thus, the following day I began to explore activity theory (AT) (phase 7). Thorne (2004) suggested that “[t]he goal of activity theory is to define and analyse a given activity system, to diagnose possible problems, and to provide a framework for implementing innovations” (p. 65). keywords: development; framework; journal; language; learning; pronunciation; proposal; research; teacher; theory cache: bctj-271.pdf plain text: bctj-271.txt item: #13 of 57 id: bctj-273 author: Finley, Angela M. title: Fostering Success: Belongingness Pedagogy for English Language Learners date: 2018-05-14 words: 4860 flesch: 40 summary: Learner Identity and Academic Success Thomas (2012) suggested that supporting student academic success also means providing experiences that build confidence, support relevant future goals, and increase feelings of belongingness. Supporting Students from NESB With major shifts in demographics and increases in the number of students being admitted from non-English speaking backgrounds (British Columbia Data Catalogue, 2017), Canadian schools and universities are grappling with how to integrate and accommodate additional language learners (Anderson, 2014; Friesen & Keeney, 2013; Zhou & Zhang, 2014). keywords: belongingness; english; journal; language; learners; learning; needs; relationships; students; success cache: bctj-273.pdf plain text: bctj-273.txt item: #14 of 57 id: bctj-276 author: Roessingh, Hetty title: Unmasking the Early Language and Literacy Needs of ELLs: What K–3 Practitioners Need to Know and Do date: 2018-02-21 words: 5762 flesch: 46 summary: Intervening in early written literacy development for gifted children in Grade 2: Insights from an action research project. Only more recently has the scholarly community turned its attention to early language learning, specifically vocabulary learning (August, Carlo, Dressler & Snow, 2005; Biemiller, 2003; Geva & Verhoeven, 2000; Uccelli & Paez, 2007). . keywords: children; development; grade; journal; language; learning; literacy; number; reading; roessingh; students; vocabulary; words; writing cache: bctj-276.pdf plain text: bctj-276.txt item: #15 of 57 id: bctj-281 author: James, Connie Lam title: Review of García, O. & Wei, L. (2014). Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. date: 2017-12-31 words: 1230 flesch: 35 summary: The authors examine definitions of bilingualism, multilingualism, and plurilingualism and critique more traditional notions of bilingualism and multilingualism that take an additive approach to language education, framing languages as discrete and autonomous systems that must be kept separated, especially in learning contexts. With translanguaging, language practices are not seen as separate autonomous systems but as one linguistic repertoire, better addressing the complex linguistic practices of diverse and multilingual students and therefore potentially enacting change in societal and educational structures. keywords: garcía; language; translanguaging cache: bctj-281.pdf plain text: bctj-281.txt item: #16 of 57 id: bctj-282 author: Kang, Phoebe title: Review of Medgyes, P. (2017). The Non-Native Teacher, 3rd Ed. Scotland, UK: Swan Communication date: 2018-01-12 words: 773 flesch: 51 summary: Pre-service teacher educators will likely find the articles presented form interesting debates on issues in EAL and ELT. For example, as Laura Brass (2017) notes in her article “A ‘non-native speaker’ in a ‘native speaker’ world,” non-native English speaking teachers (non-NESTs) continue to struggle in English language teaching (ELT) contexts in British Columbia. keywords: nests; non cache: bctj-282.pdf plain text: bctj-282.txt item: #17 of 57 id: bctj-284 author: Douglas, Scott Roy title: Free and Open Access: How English Language Teaching Associations Can Foster the Dissemination of Knowledge Through Scholarly Journals date: 2017-12-31 words: 1007 flesch: 48 summary: Douglas i BC TEAL Journal Volume 2 Number 1 (2017): i-ii Editorial Free and Open Access: How English Language Teaching Associations Can Foster the Dissemination of Knowledge Through Scholarly Journals Scott Roy Douglas University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) Thus, the BC TEAL Journal plays a major role in fostering the dissemination of knowledge related to English as an additional language teaching and learning in British Columbia. keywords: journal; teal cache: bctj-284.pdf plain text: bctj-284.txt item: #18 of 57 id: bctj-287 author: Chang, Daniel H. title: Academic Dishonesty in a Post-Secondary Multilingual Institution date: 2018-10-09 words: 6522 flesch: 54 summary: 49–62 The present research paper reports on parts of selected findings collected from a large- scale, university-funded project that explores learning resources for multilingual students and examines factors that contribute to multilingual students’ successful learning. The reasons for plagiarism might vary individually, but, for multilingual students, research has often attributed multilingual students’ plagiarism to cultural differences (Hayes & Introna, 2005), or to the fact that they have encountered difficulties in learning or writing academic essays (Devlin & Gray, 2007; Howard, Serviss, & Rodrigue, 2010). keywords: cheating; contract; course; gpa; journal; learning; plagiarism; research; shelly; students; tutor cache: bctj-287.pdf plain text: bctj-287.txt item: #19 of 57 id: bctj-292 author: Naismith, Ben title: Review of Coney, M. 2017. The Lazy Teacher Trainer’s Handbook. ?(n.p.): the round. date: 2018-10-31 words: 1168 flesch: 44 summary: However, at least to me, there were a number of session ideas I had not previously considered, for example tasks for increasing lesson planning speed, creating evidence-based review activities, or having teachers create tips for teacher trainers. Based on both the wide variety of session types as well as my own experience in testing one in the classroom, I would recommend teacher trainers to investigate LTTH for themselves, regardless of whether for in-service or pre-service training contexts. keywords: sessions; teacher; trainers cache: bctj-292.pdf plain text: bctj-292.txt item: #20 of 57 id: bctj-293 author: McDonough, Kim; Neumann, Heike; Hubert-Smith, Nicolas title: How Accurately do English for Academic Purposes Students use Academic Word List Words? date: 2018-10-31 words: 6121 flesch: 48 summary: Therefore, the current study investigated how accurately and appropriately EAP writers (N = 409) use AWL words in their argumentative essays. To our knowledge, corpus research has not examined whether AWL words are used accurately or appropriately. keywords: accuracy; awl; eap; english; errors; essays; journal; students; use; vocabulary; words; writing cache: bctj-293.pdf plain text: bctj-293.txt item: #21 of 57 id: bctj-303 author: Li, Guofang title: From Stigma to Strength: A Case of ESL Program Transformation in a Greater Vancouver High School date: 2018-10-12 words: 7379 flesch: 50 summary: The teacher is the key: Building trust in ESL high school programs. Effective high school ESL programs: A synthesis and meta-analysis. keywords: chinese; ells; english; esl; john; journal; language; number; parents; program; school; students; support; teachers cache: bctj-303.pdf plain text: bctj-303.txt item: #22 of 57 id: bctj-314 author: Balyasnikova, Natalia title: An Insider View: Understanding Volunteers’ Experiences Within a Peer-to-Peer Language Learning Program in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside date: 2020-07-15 words: 7725 flesch: 50 summary: Introduction Focusing on one program offered at the UBC Learning Exchange—the English Conversation— this research had a goal to understand the experiences of former learners who feel empowered to begin leading classes within language learning programs. Volunteer facilitators were interviewed on a range of topics related to their role in the program, peer-to-peer interaction, and the impacts of volunteering in their lives. keywords: community; conversation; english; facilitators; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/314; language; learners; learning; participants; program; research; study; volunteers cache: bctj-314.pdf plain text: bctj-314.txt item: #23 of 57 id: bctj-316 author: Landry, Michael Henry title: The Efficacy of Teaching Independent Study Skills Within English for Academic Purposes Programs date: 2019-04-05 words: 5208 flesch: 47 summary: Discussion and Conclusion While the sample size was small, the two cohorts of students in this study lend voice to the notion that such courses do help EAP students take ownership over their learning. This positive evaluation is also important given that EAP students may come from a different “culture of learning” than the one they face during their studies abroad (Jin & Cortazzi, 2006, p. 8). keywords: eap; focus; journal; language; learning; module; participants; skills; students; study; university cache: bctj-316.pdf plain text: bctj-316.txt item: #24 of 57 id: bctj-320 author: Douglas, Scott Roy title: Contributing to Open Access Journals with Peer Review: A Meaningful Opportunity for Engaged Continuing Professional Development date: 2018-12-06 words: 1193 flesch: 41 summary: Douglas i BC TEAL Journal Volume 3 Number 1 (2018): i–iii Editorial Contributing to Open Access Journals with Peer Review: A Meaningful Opportunity for Engaged Continuing Professional Development Scott Roy Douglas University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) They get to consider how these ideas and research Douglas ii BC TEAL Journal Volume 3 Number 1 (2018): i–iii apply to the local context while contemplating core issues related to EAL teaching and learning. keywords: journal; teal cache: bctj-320.pdf plain text: bctj-320.txt item: #25 of 57 id: bctj-334 author: Anderson, Tim; Okuda, Tomoyo title: Writing a Manuscript-Style Dissertation in TESOL/Applied Linguistics date: 2019-11-09 words: 8327 flesch: 33 summary: In addition, the article format reduces the time for publication if dissertation chapters can be submitted directly for journal publication, without requiring extensive pruning and reformatting; therefore, it meets the need for timely knowledge dissemination and it starts to accumulate credits for the student’s professional career. The use of metatextual resources will also need attention during the transition of dissertation chapters to stand-alone articles. keywords: anderson; chapters; dissertation; doctoral; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/334; journal; manuscript; okuda; phd; research; students; style; thesis; writing cache: bctj-334.pdf plain text: bctj-334.txt item: #26 of 57 id: bctj-335 author: Devos, Nathan J title: Comparing First-Term Students’ English Language Proficiency at a Canadian Polytechnic Institute date: 2019-12-04 words: 12904 flesch: 55 summary: https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ/article/view/335 Devos 58 BC TEAL Journal Volume 4 Number 1 (2019): 53–83 Retrieved from https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ/article/view/335 quantitative study aimed to test the influence of different variables on language test scores (Nunan & Bailey, 2009). In this study, I only investigate the performance on language tests based on years in an English-speaking high school; however, the results are similar in that they suggest that the increased number of years do not improve participants’ scores on the language tests. keywords: canada; education; english; groups; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/335; journal; language; number; participants; post; reading; scores; students; study; test; vocabulary; writing; years cache: bctj-335.pdf plain text: bctj-335.txt item: #27 of 57 id: bctj-336 author: Wu, Ziwei Vera title: Factors Contributing to TESOL Employment: A Graduate Perspective date: 2019-10-23 words: 8433 flesch: 44 summary: While TESOL students and early career TESOL professionals need to be more prepared for the complexity and unpredictability of TESOL careers by continuously improving their forms of capital, TESOL teacher educators, TESOL program administrators, and TESOL professional organizations should take the diverse needs of students with different backgrounds into consideration and provide long-term career support to build a robust TESOL community. Applying the same Likert scale, the responses also reflected a gap between participants’ sense of preparedness for TESOL careers and their satisfaction levels with their TESOL careers (see Figure 9). keywords: capital; career; development; experience; factors; graduates; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/336; job; program; skills; students; teaching; tesol cache: bctj-336.pdf plain text: bctj-336.txt item: #28 of 57 id: bctj-337 author: Jabeen, Rubaiyat; Wang, Peiyu; Cheng, Liying title: Academic Engagement, Social Integration, and Academic Socialization: English as an Additional Language in Higher Education date: 2019-12-31 words: 6081 flesch: 27 summary: International students in this study tended to gain social-emotional satisfaction when interacting with international students from other nationalities rather than domestic students, perhaps due to them sharing a common empathy for outsiders. This article is based on a literature review of 87 empirical studies, conducted between 2008 and 2018, related to the academic acculturation journey of international students using English as an additional language in English medium higher education setting. keywords: education; english; factors; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/337; international; journal; language; social; socialization; students; success; university cache: bctj-337.pdf plain text: bctj-337.txt item: #29 of 57 id: bctj-339 author: Stigger, Elizabeth title: The Correlation between IELTS Scores and International Students’ Academic Success: A Literature Review date: 2019-12-29 words: 5186 flesch: 39 summary: Recently, studies focusing on international student academic learning success while studying at EMI institutions have been increasing. The Social Dimension Recent research has explored more unique approaches to addressing the issue of language proficiency and international student academic learning success. keywords: academic; english; ielts; international; language; learning; proficiency; students; success cache: bctj-339.pdf plain text: bctj-339.txt item: #30 of 57 id: bctj-340 author: Gilman, Michelle; Norton, Bonny title: Storybooks Canada, English Language Learners, and the School Curriculum date: 2020-03-09 words: 8206 flesch: 50 summary: Using Storybooks Canada and other digital stories to honour diversity within the classroom. When asked if they saw digital stories, specifically Storybooks Canada, as a helpful resource to improve reading goals, 12 of the 13 participants responded that they see it as a helpful tool because it provides instruction in mother tongue languages, allowing students the “chance to feel represented” through the diversity within the stories. keywords: canada; curriculum; education; english; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/340; language; learning; new; norton; reading; school; stories; storybooks; students cache: bctj-340.pdf plain text: bctj-340.txt item: #31 of 57 id: bctj-341 author: Maatouk, Zeina; Payant, Caroline title: Moving Beyond Individual Peer Review Tasks: A Collaborative Written Corrective Feedback Framework date: 2020-03-24 words: 5437 flesch: 52 summary: Research has demonstrated the importance of providing peer feedback training to learners in order to improve the efficacy of peer revision (Rahimi, 2013). In order to mitigate these negative perceptions and maximize the benefits of WCF, practitioners have emphasized the necessity of implementing peer feedback training and of creating greater opportunities for collaboration at the various stages of the process. keywords: feedback; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/341; journal; language; learners; peer; reviewers; students; training; wcf; writing cache: bctj-341.pdf plain text: bctj-341.txt item: #32 of 57 id: bctj-343 author: Hu, Jim; Gonzales, Lachlan title: English-as-an-Additional-Language Employees’ Perspectives on Writing in the Workplace date: 2020-12-11 words: 8393 flesch: 47 summary: Treatment of error in second language student writing. Treatment of error in second language student writing (2nd ed.). keywords: business; communication; eal; employees; english; hoare; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v5i1.343; language; participants; students; study; university; workplace; write; writing cache: bctj-343.pdf plain text: bctj-343.txt item: #33 of 57 id: bctj-344 author: Freimuth, Hilda title: Are Academic English Words Learned Incidentally? A Canadian Case Study date: 2020-05-18 words: 5012 flesch: 58 summary: In the case of academic vocabulary, however, words are often multi-syllabic and abstract in meaning—possibly making incidental acquisition of academic words more difficult than non-academic ones. In some cases, no lists of academic words appear in the syllabi of these courses, leaving instructors to determine which https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ/article/view/344 Freimuth 33 BC TEAL Journal Volume 5 Number 1 (2020): keywords: acquisition; language; learning; number; reading; students; study; vocabulary; word cache: bctj-344.pdf plain text: bctj-344.txt item: #34 of 57 id: bctj-345 author: Gerald, JPB title: Worth the Risk: Towards Decentring Whiteness in English Language Teaching date: 2020-05-31 words: 5439 flesch: 48 summary: In its worst manifestations, white ELT professionals can fall victim to the white saviour complex (Straubhaar, 2015), seeking to “save” their inherently deficient racialized students. The Impact on Racialized Students A system in which racialized teachers are marginalized and unsupported is a system in which white teachers and administrators are centred and prioritized, and this can have deleterious results. keywords: elt; english; field; https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bctj/article/view/345; journal; language; race; students; teachers; white; whiteness cache: bctj-345.pdf plain text: bctj-345.txt item: #35 of 57 id: bctj-346 author: Douglas, Scott Roy title: Scholar-Practitioners Contributing to the English as an Additional Language Teaching and Learning Community’s Knowledge Resources date: 2019-12-31 words: 1149 flesch: 35 summary: Douglas i BC TEAL Journal Volume 4 Number 1 (2019): i–iii Retrieved from https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ/article/view/346 Editorial Scholar-Practitioners Contributing to the English as an Additional Language Teaching and Learning Community’s Knowledge Resources Scott Roy Douglas University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) The current issue of the BC TEAL Journal presents the work of nine scholar-practitioners in six articles. keywords: journal; teal cache: bctj-346.pdf plain text: bctj-346.txt item: #36 of 57 id: bctj-347 author: Mudzingwa, Calisto title: The Quest for Standardization: The Canadian Federal Government and the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program date: 2020-06-03 words: 8619 flesch: 43 summary: The stages are not arbitrary; they represent phases adult LINC learners go https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/BCTJ/article/view/347 Mudzingwa The argument for Standardized Exit Tests is that they would adequately gauge the extent to which LINC learners are acquiring language skills in English. keywords: assessment; benchmarks; canada; government; guidelines; initiatives; language; language benchmarks; linc; model; pbla; placement; program; stage; standardization cache: bctj-347.pdf plain text: bctj-347.txt item: #37 of 57 id: bctj-371 author: Landry, Michael Henry title: Review of Paltridge, B. & Phakiti, A. (2015). Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: A Practical Guide, 2nd Ed. London, UK: Bloomsbury. date: 2020-03-19 words: 1026 flesch: 47 summary: Continuing on, Chapters 2, 3, and 4 highlight the key elements of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research analysis respectively. The novice researcher would be well-served by reading these first four chapters followed by Chapter 14 on ethics and Chapter 15 on developing research projects. keywords: chapter; methods; research cache: bctj-371.pdf plain text: bctj-371.txt item: #38 of 57 id: bctj-373 author: Derichsweiler, Sina title: Gender-Oriented Topics in Teaching English as an Additional Language date: 2021-02-25 words: 5063 flesch: 52 summary: In doing so, the role of the school as an agent of socialization and education in connection to topics of gender identity is explained, followed by an introduction to the field of gender studies in order to point out the main aspects to consider when planning a lesson for EAL. In their different ways, both scholars pointed to the benefits and the need of gender topics for TEAL and identifed three important subject areas—language learning, inter and transcultural learning, and discourse competence—that benefit from gender-oriented topics. keywords: education; gender; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.373; identity; könig; language; school; students; teaching; teal; topics cache: bctj-373.pdf plain text: bctj-373.txt item: #39 of 57 id: bctj-375 author: Hernberg, Stacey title: Metacognition and Language Learning: Creating Effective K–12 Learners date: 2020-12-12 words: 6002 flesch: 46 summary: What we still need to learn about language learning strategies instruction: Research directions and designs. Language learning strategy instruction: Current issues and research. keywords: instruction; knowledge; language; learners; learning; metacognition; strategies; strategy; students cache: bctj-375.pdf plain text: bctj-375.txt item: #40 of 57 id: bctj-378 author: Surtees, Victoria; Yamamoto, Masaru title: Creating an Interactive Online Orientation to Academic Practices for International Students date: 2021-04-01 words: 5412 flesch: 42 summary: To date, studies conducted at English-speaking institutions (e.g., Heng, 2017; Ryan & Viete, 2009) have reported that international students often feel that the prevailing norms for classroom participation do not value their contributions (e.g., instructors dismiss international perspectives or do not make an effort to understand students’ accents). Other researchers (Straker, 2016; Yates & Nguyen, 2012) have noted that international students are often (incorrectly) perceived by instructors and others as “shy” or “uncritical” and are thereby implicitly positioned as deficient participants within the local learning space. keywords: activities; face; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.378; journal; language; module; participation; practices; students cache: bctj-378.pdf plain text: bctj-378.txt item: #41 of 57 id: bctj-387 author: Bhowmik, Subrata; Chaudhuri, Anita title: “I Need My Instructor to Like Sit with Me”: Addressing Culture in L2 Writing Instruction date: 2021-03-08 words: 8876 flesch: 52 summary: Kaplan’s (1966) famous article, which marked the genesis of IR, addressed how culture impacts EAL student writing. Instructors, thus, need to offer culturally responsive support in student writing, much like what Lillis and Curry (2010) recommend for literacy development. keywords: academic; challenges; culture; english; feedback; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.387; instructors; journal; language; research; students; study; writing cache: bctj-387.pdf plain text: bctj-387.txt item: #42 of 57 id: bctj-388 author: Uludag, Pakize; Crawford, William J.; McDonough, Kim title: English for Academic Purposes Writers’ Use of Reporting Verbs in Argumentative and Cause-and-Effect Essay Exams date: 2021-04-20 words: 7168 flesch: 50 summary: Pedagogical implications are discussed in terms of the relationship between essay type and L2 writers’ use of reporting verbs. These challenges suggest that instruction should focus on how to use grammatical devices, such as reporting verbs, to achieve certain functions within source-based writing (Hyland, 1999). keywords: argumentative; cause; eap; effect; essays; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.388; journal; reporting; students; verbs; writers; writing cache: bctj-388.pdf plain text: bctj-388.txt item: #43 of 57 id: bctj-389 author: Dobson, Joe; Freimuth, Hilda; Rodriques, Ishka title: Student Volunteer Motivations in a Student Support Centre for English for Academic Purposes Students date: 2021-06-11 words: 8914 flesch: 52 summary: This study uncovers some areas where further research could further help shed light on student volunteer motivations. These questions and other related ones, could help further build understanding of student volunteer motivations and help institutions identify robust and meaningful ways to provide opportunities for students. keywords: career; experience; focus; group; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.389; journal; learning; llc; motivations; motives; students; study; volunteer; volunteering cache: bctj-389.pdf plain text: bctj-389.txt item: #44 of 57 id: bctj-390 author: Mao, Jing title: Thriving through Uncertainties: The Agency and Resourcefulness of First-Year Chinese English as an Additional Language Writers in a Canadian University date: 2021-06-26 words: 8181 flesch: 47 summary: A nested model of academic writing approaches: Chinese international graduate students’ views of English academic writing. In contrast to studies based on deficit models, this study argues that participants exhibit agency as evidenced in their responses to challenges encountered in and changes to their perceptions of and practices in academic writing. keywords: agency; eal; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.390; journal; language; learners; learning; participants; socialization; students; studies; study; writing cache: bctj-390.pdf plain text: bctj-390.txt item: #45 of 57 id: bctj-392 author: Douglas, Scott Roy title: Local Milestones in Scholarly Publishing: Five Years of the BC TEAL Journal date: 2020-12-31 words: 1552 flesch: 45 summary: Just the list of BC TEAL Journal peer reviewers alone contains 45 names, many of whom have given their time and expertise to more than one article submission. Douglas i BC TEAL Journal Volume 5 Number 1 (2020): i–iii https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v5i1.392 Editorial Local Milestones in Scholarly Publishing: Five Years of the BC TEAL Journal Scott Roy Douglas University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) keywords: english; journal; language; teal cache: bctj-392.pdf plain text: bctj-392.txt item: #46 of 57 id: bctj-422 author: Mortenson, Leah title: White TESOL Instructors’ Engagement with Social Justice Content in an EAP Program: Teacher Neutrality as a Tool of White Supremacy date: 2021-10-08 words: 12976 flesch: 48 summary: However, few studies have asked white English language teachers to reveal their own views about using ideological and/or social justice-related content to teach English. The study offers implications for white English language teachers invested in adopting anti-racist, decolonial practices and highlights the importance of reflecting on one’s personal beliefs, https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.422 Mortenson 110 BC TEAL Journal Volume 6 Number 1 (2021): 106–131 https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.422 prejudices, and biases regarding racism, white privilege, and personal responsibility towards societal inequities. keywords: conversations; eap; english; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.422; instructors; issues; journal; justice; language; language teaching; race; racism; research; social; students; study; teachers; teaching; teal; tesol; white; whiteness cache: bctj-422.pdf plain text: bctj-422.txt item: #47 of 57 id: bctj-447 author: Khatri, Raj title: Universal Design for Learning: Its Application to English for Academic Purposes Classrooms in Canada date: 2021-09-23 words: 5799 flesch: 44 summary: Learners can regularly be provided with mastery-oriented feedback so that learners remain motivated and engaged in their tasks until their tasks are successfully completed. A UDL framework helps educators, including English-for- academic-purposes (EAP) and English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) instructors, consider learner variability, motivate and engage learners in in multiple ways, provide instructional resources and materials in various forms, and offer learners opportunities to demonstrate learning in alternate pathways. keywords: design; eap; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.447; instructors; journal; language; learners; learning; principles; teaching; udl; ways cache: bctj-447.pdf plain text: bctj-447.txt item: #48 of 57 id: bctj-449 author: Walsh Marr, Jennifer title: The Promise and Precarity of Critical Pedagogy in English for Academic Purposes date: 2021-11-05 words: 5045 flesch: 38 summary: The “practical orientation” is problematic in tertiary education, where EAP students are patronizingly seen as empty vessels “with a deficit of literacy skills which can be topped up in a few English classes. However, if post-secondary institutions want EAP departments to engage with EAP students in critical thinking and the bigger concepts of higher education, they need to engage in discussions with these departments and international students to see what insights they have to share. keywords: academic; academy; eap; education; english; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v6i1.449; journal; language; pedagogy; students; thinking cache: bctj-449.pdf plain text: bctj-449.txt item: #49 of 57 id: bctj-451 author: Steiger, Jane title: Placing Students for Success: A Comparison of IELTS, Local, and Other Placement Methods for English for Academic Purposes Courses date: 2022-05-02 words: 9470 flesch: 51 summary: Prior to describing the analysis and results of each question, I articulate the rationale for the units of analysis and sampling. Unit of Analysis In this study, the case was defined as a course in which a student was enrolled since there is considerable variation in the number of courses students take each semester, with some students taking as many as five EAP courses and others taking only one. While other studies explored student success in academic university programs, the present study explored student success in a program designed to prepare EAP students for a variety of academic disciplines. keywords: courses; eap; eap courses; english; ept; ielts; number; placement; scores; semester; students; tru cache: bctj-451.pdf plain text: bctj-451.txt item: #50 of 57 id: bctj-452 author: Shoecraft, Kelly; Martin, Jodie L.; Perris, Greta title: EAP Learners as Discourse Analysts: Empowering Emergent Multilingual Students date: 2022-06-06 words: 8945 flesch: 39 summary: We argue that supporting them to conduct language analysis on texts and topics of their own interest empowers them as language users and emerging scholars, and to potentially transfer knowledge to new contexts they encounter. For this reason, the discussion sections of student texts were chosen as relevant examples in this paper. keywords: analysis; discourse; eap; features; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v7i1.452; journal; language; research; science; students; texts; use; writing cache: bctj-452.pdf plain text: bctj-452.txt item: #51 of 57 id: bctj-459 author: Huang, Li-Shih title: The Stories of My Life: A Task-Based, Oral Narrative Lesson for Employment Purposes for Learners with Refugee Backgrounds date: 2022-07-05 words: 4449 flesch: 49 summary: For those teaching advanced learners, however, removing the constraints to enable learners to construct their own timeline of self-selected key events in their professional life can be the first step toward an expanded life story as the course progresses. Approaches to narrative instruction for second language learners. keywords: https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v7i1.459; huang; journal; language; learners; learning; lesson; refugee; stories; story; task cache: bctj-459.pdf plain text: bctj-459.txt item: #52 of 57 id: bctj-465 author: Douglas, Scott Roy title: Multidisciplinary Breadth: The Many Facets of English as an Additional Language Teaching and Learning date: 2021-12-28 words: 1493 flesch: 40 summary: All in all, the BC TEAL Journal remains dedicated to supporting BC TEAL’s mission to raise awareness, provide professional development, and share expertise in support of EAL teaching excellence (BC TEAL, 2021). Looking through the range of topics in this year’s issue reveals the dynamic breadth of EAL teaching and learning and highlights the importance of regional organizations, such as BC TEAL, in maintaining scholarly journals that foster and provide an outlet for quality peer-reviewed work that might not otherwise find its way into publication. keywords: journal; learning; teaching; teal cache: bctj-465.pdf plain text: bctj-465.txt item: #53 of 57 id: bctj-469 author: Penner, Tara L.; Abbott, Marilyn L.; Lee, Kent K. title: Scaffolding Self-Regulated Learning for English as an Additional Language Literacy Learners date: 2022-08-25 words: 5671 flesch: 44 summary: Teaching and researching language learning strategies: Self-regulation in context (2nd ed.). Step 9 In the ninth step, instructors support students to select and coordinate the use of both metastrategies and specific language learning strategies in the cognitive, motivational, social, and affective domains that are appropriate for each task (Oxford, 2017). keywords: ealls; language; learners; learning; literacy; regulation; self; srl; strategies; students; task cache: bctj-469.pdf plain text: bctj-469.txt item: #54 of 57 id: bctj-498 author: Corcoran, James N.; Williams, Julia; Johnston, Kris Pierre title: English for Academic Purposes in Canada: Results From an Exploratory National Survey date: 2022-07-21 words: 12029 flesch: 41 summary: In this article, we seek to delineate the Canadian EAP landscape by providing findings from the first phase of a mixed methods investigation into EAP programs and practitioners across Canada. We surveyed EAP programs and practitioners across three types of Canadian institutions involved in the provision of EAP support (n = 481). keywords: canada; canadian; eap; eap programs; education; english; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v7i1.498; instructors; journal; language; number; practitioners; programs; respect; survey; teal; university; work cache: bctj-498.pdf plain text: bctj-498.txt item: #55 of 57 id: bctj-499 author: Chang, Daniel H.; Lane, Julia; Power, Hope title: A Preliminary Investigation Into the Effectiveness of Online Modules for Teaching Research and Writing Skills to Multilingual International Post-Secondary Students date: 2023-06-30 words: 10218 flesch: 48 summary: Examples of academic writing and research modules [are useful and effective for students]. (Instructor 5) Discussion Based on the students’ and instructors’ survey responses, we have found that there are merits to using online modules for research and writing instruction, especially for multilingual international students enrolled in an academic preparation program. keywords: academic; course; https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v8i1.499; information; instruction; instructors; journal; learning; library; literacy; modules; online; research; skills; students; writing cache: bctj-499.pdf plain text: bctj-499.txt item: #56 of 57 id: bctj-501 author: Freimuth, Hilda; Walter, Leah title: An Examination of LGBTQ+ Representation in a Canadian ELT Newspaper date: 2023-05-17 words: 3039 flesch: 48 summary: This study conducted a content analysis of LGBTQ+ representation in one locally produced ELT newspaper in British Columbia, Canada to investigate if a more localized publication with less pressure to appeal to a mass readership would yield greater representation. Is there greater representation in localized ELT materials then? keywords: community; elt; journal; language; lgbtq+; materials; representation cache: bctj-501.pdf plain text: bctj-501.txt item: #57 of 57 id: bctj-513 author: Douglas, Scott Roy title: Carving Out an Epistemological Space: EAL Teaching and Learning as a Field of Inquiry date: 2022-12-31 words: 1065 flesch: 49 summary: Douglas i BC TEAL Journal Volume 7 Number 1 (2022): i–iii https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v7i1.513 Editorial Carving Out an Epistemological Space: EAL Teaching and Learning as a Field of Inquiry Scott Roy Douglas University of British Columbia (Okanagan School of Education) https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v7i1.513 Douglas ii BC TEAL Journal Volume 7 Number 1 (2022): i–iii https://doi.org/10.14288/bctj.v7i1.513 Supporting the epistemological space related to EAL teaching and learning described above, the five articles in the current issue of the BC TEAL Journal span both post-secondary and adult education contexts. keywords: journal; learning; teaching cache: bctj-513.pdf plain text: bctj-513.txt