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Dear all The Skills for Learning website at Leeds Metropolitan University offers a wide range resources to support the teaching and learning of academic skills. Regarding international students' survival strategies, you may be interested in this this new addition to our 'Skills for Learning' podcast series in which some international students talk about how they adapted to university life in this country and offer advice to other international students on making friends and getting involved, being more independent and different teaching styles. http://skillsforlearning.leedsmet.ac.uk/podcast/podcast.shtml Best wishes Marie Scopes Skills for Learning Manager Leeds Metropolitan University PD504 Portland Building City Campus Portland Way Leeds LS1 3HE Tel: 0113 812 3906 Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of LDHEN automatic digest system Sent: 11 May 2013 00:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: LDHEN Digest - 9 May 2013 to 10 May 2013 (#2013-80) There are 4 messages totaling 1064 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. International students' survival strategies (3) 2. Lifewide Magazine 6 free download ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 15:59:02 +0100 From: Helen Bowstead <[log in to unmask]> Subject: International students' survival strategies Dear all, I received this email from my colleague and wondered if anyone had any thoughts or had seen any relevant literature that might help? I've located any number of journal articles about international students' experiences and difficulties studying in western universities and what universities should be doing to support them. I'm finding it harder to locate literature about what learning/coping/survival strategies they actually use to get by when they are thrown in the deep end. I've done a couple of interviews and I'm getting things about strategies such as appealing to conationals for help, appealing to tutors/lecturers, reading core texts in L1 and making notes in L1, using google translate.....I suppose it's good as maybe there's not so much out there....from your learning development angle have you got some tips for me?? Thanks Helen Helen Bowstead [cid:image001.jpg@01CE4D97.3C80AF70] Web pages www.plymouth.ac.uk/learn<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/learn> for further information, resources and study guides. LDTalk student e-forum www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ldtalk<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ldtalk> Email study questions [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Online feedback on your writing email feedback form<http://learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/ldemailsubmissionform.html> One to one tutorials Learning Gateway, 011 Roland Levinsky Building: 01752 587676 (for info on what to expect, click here<https://exchange.plymouth.ac.uk/intranet/learndev/Public/Tutorials_what%20to%20expect.html>) Drop-in-Zone (DiZ) Plymouth campus Library. 1400 to 1600 every day during term time. No need to book Writing for Assignments E-library www.learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/wrasse<http://www.learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/wrasse> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 16:53:40 +0100 From: Martin Sedgley <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: International students' survival strategies Hi Helen I was sitting here working on my doctoral lit review re international students when I saw your mail ! So bearing in mind John's recent encouragement re list use, I thought that for once I must reply ... I'm currently reviewing two edited books that report on quite a few different qualitative case studies that I'm finding v.useful: Internationalisation and the Student Voice (2010) edited by Elspeth Jones, and Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for All (2005) edited by Janette Ryan and Jude Carroll. Along with Catherine Montgomery (2010) Understanding the International Student Experience, I have found these helpful for the students' perspective. However, I do take your colleague's point that much of the lit tends to focus on the problems and practitioners' recommendations, rather than students' own reported coping strategies. So I would concur with her that much of what I'm saying about that in my thesis is coming from the data collection and analysis, that I'm then connecting back where possible to the other lit. There are a number of recent study skills textbooks specifically aimed at international students, of course, e.g. Martin Davies (2011) and Martin Hyde (2012) - all male researchers in this field must be called Martin fortunately - but I guess that doesn't address your colleague's issue. I'd be happy to liaise with her/him directly if that's of interest. Best wishes Martin Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy Effective Learning Advisor Bradford School of Management On 10 May 2013, at 15:59, Helen Bowstead <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I received this email from my colleague and wondered if anyone had any thoughts or had seen any relevant literature that might help? > > I’ve located any number of journal articles about international students’ experiences and difficulties studying in western universities and what universities should be doing to support them. I’m finding it harder to locate literature about what learning/coping/survival strategies they actually use to get by when they are thrown in the deep end. I’ve done a couple of interviews and I’m getting things about strategies such as appealing to conationals for help, appealing to tutors/lecturers, reading core texts in L1 and making notes in L1, using google translate…..I suppose it’s good as maybe there’s not so much out there….from your learning development angle have you got some tips for me?? > > Thanks > > Helen > > Helen Bowstead > > <image001.jpg> > > > Web pages www.plymouth.ac.uk/learn for further information, resources and study guides. > LDTalk student e-forum www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ldtalk Email study questions > [log in to unmask] Online feedback on your writing email feedback > form One to one tutorials Learning Gateway, 011 Roland Levinsky > Building: 01752 587676 (for info on what to expect, click here) > Drop-in-Zone (DiZ) Plymouth campus Library. 1400 to 1600 every day > during term time. No need to book Writing for Assignments E-library > www.learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/wrasse > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 17:05:42 +0100 From: Norman Jackson <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Lifewide Magazine 6 free download Dear colleagues I apologise for multiple postings and attach a link to the latest issue of Lifewide Magazine which examines the idea of wellbeing and its link to lifewide learning and development. We hope that you will find the articles interesting and enjoyable. best wishes Norman LIFEWIDE MAGAZINE SPRING 2013 EXPLORING WELLBEING, WELL-BEING & WELL BEING This issue of Lifewide Magazine examines the idea of wellbeing offering a range of perspectives gleaned from personal experience and subjective perceptions, educational practice, real world situations, research and policy, and including the results of three surveys. Features include articles by Jean Gordon and Linda O'Toole, who introduce a European initiative, Learning for Well-being, which aims to enhance the lives of children across the EU, and Professor Ron Barnett who imagines the 21st century university as a major contributor to wellbeing through the multiple ecologies it creates and enhances. The Magazine is produced by the Lifewide Education community <http://lifewideeducation.co.uk/> http://lifewideeducation.co.uk/ and it is free to download from <http://www.lifewidemagazine.co.uk/> http://www.lifewidemagazine.co.uk/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 17:11:28 +0000 From: "Kaufhold, Kathrin (kaufhold)" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: International students' survival strategies Hi Helen, There might be something along these lines in the case studies of how international students become academic writers in Casanave, C. P. (2002). Writing games: Multicultural case studies of academic literacy practices in higher education. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum. Best, Kathrin From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Helen Bowstead Sent: 10 May 2013 15:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: International students' survival strategies Dear all, I received this email from my colleague and wondered if anyone had any thoughts or had seen any relevant literature that might help? I've located any number of journal articles about international students' experiences and difficulties studying in western universities and what universities should be doing to support them. I'm finding it harder to locate literature about what learning/coping/survival strategies they actually use to get by when they are thrown in the deep end. I've done a couple of interviews and I'm getting things about strategies such as appealing to conationals for help, appealing to tutors/lecturers, reading core texts in L1 and making notes in L1, using google translate.....I suppose it's good as maybe there's not so much out there....from your learning development angle have you got some tips for me?? Thanks Helen Helen Bowstead [Description: Description: Description: C:\Documents and Settings\esentito\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\DOWBQNDN\LD R193G0B31_GREY300x.gif] Web pages www.plymouth.ac.uk/learn<http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/learn> for further information, resources and study guides. LDTalk student e-forum www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ldtalk<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/ldtalk> Email study questions [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Online feedback on your writing email feedback form<http://learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/ldemailsubmissionform.html> One to one tutorials Learning Gateway, 011 Roland Levinsky Building: 01752 587676 (for info on what to expect, click here<https://exchange.plymouth.ac.uk/intranet/learndev/Public/Tutorials_what%20to%20expect.html>) Drop-in-Zone (DiZ) Plymouth campus Library. 1400 to 1600 every day during term time. No need to book Writing for Assignments E-library www.learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/wrasse<http://www.learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk/wrasse> ------------------------------ End of LDHEN Digest - 9 May 2013 to 10 May 2013 (#2013-80) ********************************************************** To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm