KOTESOL International Conference 2016
(Concurrent Session)
Douglas Sewell, University of Calgary
Development of Adjunct English Courses for International Students in Canada
Abstract
Adjunct English courses are an approach to undergraduate and graduate education being developed in a number of English speaking nations including Australia, Canada, and the UK. This approach allows international students from countries such as Korea to immediately begin their degree studies abroad despite not meeting the target university's English language requirements.
This presentation will first outline such approaches and then consider development and implementation issues. After this, the presentation will look towards the future of such programs and how they have the ability to significantly change the direction of international undergraduate and graduate studies.
Biographicals
Douglas Sewell has been both a language teacher and teacher trainer for almost 18 years. Currently faculty in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, Douglas has previously taught English in China and both English and education courses in South Korea, the UK and the UAE. Completing his Ph.D. in Education in 2013, Douglas' research interests focus on Self-Regulation of Language Learning among ESL/EFL learners, and by extension how to help such learners become more effective in their English language studies. Derived from this, he is also quite interested in L2 language assessment and the backwash of assessment techniques on students' evolving approaches to the their English studies.
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