Communication skills in university education : the international dimension / edited by Emmanuel Manalo and Glenis Wong-Toi. - 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Is critical analysis foreign to Chinese students? / Michael Paton -- Narrative in communicating to diverse audiences / Sky Marsen -- Quantitative research with a qualitative mindset / Bill Flinn and Mona O'Shea -- Listening to the student voice : Students' language needs in mainstream courses / Alison Kirkness and Susan O'Rourke -- Authorship, voice and the EAL thesis / Pat Strauss and Jo Ann Walton -- Awareness of intercultural communication in students' project logs : Implications for internationalisation / Joanna Tapper -- Inappropriateness of encoding and decoding processes in the teaching and learning of English : A case study at the Prithivi Narayan College in Nepal / Prabin Kumar Prajapati and Bimal Ram Dhewaju -- Learning is more affective than cognitive : Using the relationship-based, interactive classroom to promote student retention and success / Derek Greenfield -- The "learning trial" : An innovative approach to peer-mediated teaching / James Dollman -- The language exchange programme : Embracing unity, enjoying diversity / Nisarg Dey -- Student diversity and collaborative learning : A positive combination for curriculum internationalisation / Glenda Crosling and Kylie Martin -- The preference for group work - not always the case : A case study / Maria M. Ryan and Madeleine Ogilvie -- An inclusive approach to developing critical reading using a visual communication task / Deborah Hill and Kate Wilson -- Students' preference for tertiary project presentation : The increasing role of videography as a teaching tool in delivering high-quality business communication skills / Ricardo Hernandez and Julie Trafford -- Using cultural metaphors to influence the teaching and learning process / Matt Tarawa -- "Weaving" support for postgraduate Pasifika and Māori students / Mona O'Shea -- A Pacific perspective : Teaching academic writing skills to first-year students / 'Ema Wolfgramm-Foliaki -- Constraints to academic achievement of Pacific Islands students at the Waikato Institute of Technology in Hamilton, New Zealand / Telesia Kalavite and Henk Hoogland -- Cross-cultural usefulness of assessment tools used to identify the presence of a learning disability / Marcus Henning -- The role of the entrance test in internationalisation / Annette Sachtleben -- Second language vocabulary and academic achievement in undergraduate university students / Shawn Loewen and Rod Ellis.

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Study skills
Information retrieval--Study and teaching
Communication in education--Congresses

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