Journal Archives
2023 · 3
Faculty-Student Interaction and Well-Being: The Call for Care in Higher Education
This article makes the argument that institutions of higher education are responsible for showing care to faculty and students and must offer support for well-being within the policies and practices of the institution. T…
Barriers to Education for Special Educational Needs Students at Japanese Universities
In Japan there has recently been a national movement to include students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in mainstream education. In recent years, Japanese universities have seen a rise in SEN student numbers. As En…
Taking Care of Students Before, During, and After the Pandemic: The Case of an Ecuadorian University
COVID-19 evidenced the need for emotional support and care by a generation of students widely exposed to information and communication technologies. This study aimed to explore professors' practices of caring for student…
Empathetic and Dialogic Interactions: Modelling Intellectual Empathy and Communicating Care
Recently, in light of the global pandemic and calls for a shift in teaching with care (e.g. Bovill, 2020; Gravett, 2021), research has focused on the kinds of classroom discourse that create a supportive environment and…
Beyond Academic Grades: Reflections on My Care for University Students' Holistic Development in Singapore
This reflective paper draws on my experience in caring for students as a lecturer in the English Language (EL) department of the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. My ca…
Foreign Language Anxiety, Motivation and Intercultural Communication Competence of Chinese Top University Students
The study explored the relationship between foreign language anxiety, motivation and intercultural communication competence of Chinese university students in top-notch programs. 223 undergraduate students from a leading…
What Are ESL Students' Academic Integrity Challenges and How Can Universities Help?
Plagiarism is becoming more widespread at Canadian universities, but what are English-as-asecond-language (ESL) student perspectives on their challenges to avoid plagiarism and university strategies to support students?…
A Corpus-Based Mechanical Engineering Academic Word List
Most learners of a second or foreign language fall short of necessary academic vocabulary, and the problem has become increasingly evident in the context of technical fields such as mechanical engineering. This paper rep…
From English Major to Statistics Expert and Language Education Researcher: An Interview with Chuang Wang
This article presents an interview with Professor Wang, a renowned researcher in statistics and language education. He shares his research journey, from choosing English as his major to becoming passionate about statisti…