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Exploring The Experiences Of Linguistically Diverse College Of Education Student Writers, Katya A. Karathanos, Dolores D. Mena

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Many linguistically diverse students at the post-secondary level have difficulty with academic language skills that are important to their success in content-area university courses. Although programs have been established to help English language learners (ELLs) transition from high school to college, little attention has been given to how students are supported in their college or university academic classes. In this paper, we present research results based on a survey administered to students enrolled in education-based programs exploring their perspectives on instructional feedback provided by university faculty on their academic writing. We present quantitative and qualitative findings from this survey with …