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The Internet of Things : and its implications for learning beyond the classroom
(2017-07)It is estimated that by 2020 there will be over 50 billion connected devices. This will go beyond cellphones and computers, to include objects such as cars, household appliances, and – as the technology improves – clothes, ... -
Is there a housing crisis in New Zealand or is it only a metaphor? Results of a critical metaphor analysis
(Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2017-11-29)This paper reports on a corpus-based study of metaphor use in the discourse of the Auckland housing topic in News and Commentary sections of The New Zealand Herald over the months of July to September 2016, the time of ... -
It takes two: Sharing language skills and cultural insights with EAL students preparing for work placements
(2008)This paper reports on collaboration between a Learning Development lecturer and a Nursing lecturer working with English as an additional language (EAL) nursing students. We set up voluntary sessions, with the aim of helping ... -
Keepin' It Reo in a digital learning space
(2018-04)Te mihinga komene (presenter) Nō whea ahau? Nō whea koe? Te paerewa - te tiriti o waitangi partnership Ko wai tō ingoa? Tohutō - macrons Kīwaha - expression, saying Te reo hangarau - DT [digi tech] terms E rima a ... -
Learning and assessing for future imagined communities: Academic writing texts within portfolios
(Tertiary Writing Network, 2010-12)How can first year, tertiary-level EAL academic writing programmes for adult learners use both portfolio assessment and emerging understandings about the importance of discourse community and imagined communities to target ... -
Letters to the editor: Results of corpus analysis
(2013)In this paper, which is part of a wider study on corpus nexus genre approach to teaching writing to advanced EAL learners, we aim to show how corpora can provide teachers and learners with information about dominant lexical ... -
Letters to the editor: Results of corpus analysis
(Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2013)In this paper, which is part of a wider study on corpus nexus genre approach to teaching writing to advanced EAL learners, we aim to show how corpora can provide teachers and learners with information about dominant lexical ... -
Meeting the learning needs of refugees and migrants in tertiary blended ESOL courses
(Unitec E-Press, 2014-05-13)Technology use in higher education is becoming ubiquitous. However, the particular needs of adult migrant and refugees studying English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) necessitate careful course design and teaching ... -
Mentoring in language and culture on-line
(2000-06)A mentor can 'stimulate the construction of the student's autonomy' (Freire 1998), empower people to think more positively about themselves and increase their network of contacts (McKenzie 1995, Jeruchin and Shapiro 1992). ... -
Migrant students’ and employers’ perspectives on cooperative education in New Zealand: Implications for English language teaching
(New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education, 2006)New Zealand has at present a low unemployment rate and a shortage of skilled workers. There are also many immigrants from non-English speaking countries who are unemployed. These migrant New Zealanders often have no locally ... -
The nature of language learners' beliefs : a half-told story
(15-06-02)Substantial amount of research regarding L2 learners’ beliefs has been conducted in recent years. However, not enough attention has been paid to investigating the nature of learners’ beliefs; hence our understanding of the ... -
Reflections on the 2017 Rio AILA (Applied Linguistic) Conference through an Antipodean Lens: practical Implications for advisors
(Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand (ATLAANZ), 2017)This article will offer some feedback and subsequent reflection on the week long Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee (AILA) Congress 2017 held in Rio during July, and in particular, on the full day ... -
Self-access centre and autonomous learning management : where are we now and where are we going?
(Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), 2017-06)As mentioned in the foreword to this journal special issue, in 2016, the editors helped organise the 7th Independent Learning Association Conference which was held in Wuhan in November, with lectures from keynotes and other ... -
Son et lumière : re-enchantment and environmental obligation in Michael Symmons Roberts' 'Drysalter'
(2018-09-28)A particular Western secularisation and disenchantment narrative proposes that the post Enlightenment promotion of rationalism, science and technology entails the abandonment of “the great enchanted garden” (Weber, The ... -
Talk it up? Do language and learning advisors have a role in the development of spoken ‘literacy’?
(Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand, 2008)To judge from recent collections of conference proceedings, language and learning advisors focus primarily on development of student writing and study skills. This paper considers the need for a greater emphasis on spoken ... -
Te Mātārere o te reo : a foresight report on the future state of Te Reo Māori in the Waikato-Tainui Rohe to 2038. Report to Te Mātāwai.
(Te Mata Punenga o Te Kotahi, University of Waikato, 2019)Kōrero whakataki = Introduction -- Research methodology = Ngā tukunga rangahau -- Taupori o te reo Māori = Demographic impacts on te reo Māori in the Waikato-Tainui rohe -- Te aukaha o te iwi = Waikato-Tainui tribal ... -
Teaching and learning academic writing: Narratives of future destinations.
(2014)Focus: Qualitative project relating content and form of AW portfolios to: Student ‘destinations’, ‘disciplinary communities’ and ‘imagined communities’ The need of more specificity in creating ‘disciplinary identities’ ... -
Teaching grammar creatively
(English Australia, 2016-09)Creativity - what? why? how? Why encourage creativity in grammar teaching? Three ways we can help -
Tertiary students’ numeracy skills requirements
(Unitec E-Press, 2014-06-24)The following paper arises from the author being invited to be part of a discussion panel of NZ tertiary learning advisors, at a regional hui. The main topic was the numeracy skills required for our current students to be ...