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Download full textFarrelly, Tom; Murphy, Tony – Journal of International Students, 2018
This article reports on a survey (n=573) of international students who were attending one of a group of five higher education institutes (HEIs) in the south of Ireland. This study sought to identify what knowledge these students had about their host country before coming to Ireland. In this study, we also attempted to identify what aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
Direct linkBankston, Christopher Wendel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research has shown that first attempt performance on the TOEFL exam can have an extremely low rate of success (Esmail, 2013). The TOEFL and IELTS exams have become gatekeepers into English language institutions and society. This case study utilizes a gap analysis framework to try and understand why students have such low performance rates on such…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Test Preparation
