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Title:
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CHALLENGES IN DESIGNING AN ONLINE ACADEMIC WRITING TUTORIAL FOR INTERNATIONAL EFL/ESL SPEAKING GRADUATE STUDENTS |
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Author(s):
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Zhengxiang Wang, Zhi Li and Veronika Makarova |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-51-1 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaías, Tomayess Issa and Theodora Issa |
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Year:
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2023 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Online Tutorials Design, E-Learning, Academic English Writing, International Graduate Students |
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Type:
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Short |
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First Page:
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180 |
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Last Page:
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184 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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International graduate students (IGSs) whose mother tongues are other than English are known to experience difficulties with academic writing in graduate programs offered in English. The authors designed a set of extracurricular online tutorials aimed at helping IGSs with academic writing development and tracking their writing progress. The article summarizes challenges experienced by the developers in building and running this e-learning tutorials set. The results of the study indicate that while some outlined minor technical challenges in the tutorial design can be addressed, running the tutorials as an extracurricular non-credited activity is not sustainable long-term due to the learners' low motivation resulting with high dropout rates. Revamping the tutorial as a credited online Academic Writing elective course is suggested as a potential solution. |
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