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2015

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Higher Education Preparation And Decision Making Trends Among International Students, Krishna Bista, Amy Dagley Jun 2015

Higher Education Preparation And Decision Making Trends Among International Students, Krishna Bista, Amy Dagley

Krishna Bista

The authors examine how international students obtained college information when they were in their home countries and how that played into their decision making process.

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As Different As Night And Day: The Ways Japanese Adult Working Learners In An Eop Program Learn Differently From University Students, Yuko Hijikata-Someya, Robert A. Eckhart Mar 2015

As Different As Night And Day: The Ways Japanese Adult Working Learners In An Eop Program Learn Differently From University Students, Yuko Hijikata-Someya, Robert A. Eckhart

Robert A. Eckhart

The Ohio State University launched a language training program customized for a Japanese company in May, 2014. This program targets approximately 340 Japanese workers transferred from Japan to Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Teaching materials are delivered online and we provide digital classrooms so that they could study English wherever they are. In addition to the typical challenge in ESP – matching content with their needs – and the language distance between their L1 Japanese and L2 English, we have many challenges that relate to working adult learners’ perceptions of English learning and their learning styles. This article discusses Japanese …

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