Danijela Trenkic|Meesha Warmington
Language and literacy skills of home and international university students: How different are they, and does it matter?
University of Sheffield|University of York|University of Sheffield|University of York
although international students experience lower attainment university home students morrison et al 2005 reasons poorly understood question role language proficiency international students come required language qualifications study investigated language literacy international students successfully met language entry requirements home students matched nonverbal cognition studying native language sample 63 chinese 64 british students uk university large significant group differences found entry eight months later furthermore language literacy indicators explained 51 variance chinese groups grades without predicting home students achievement thus language proficiency appears predictive academic outcomes certain threshold reached threshold correspond minimum language entry requirements highlights systematic disadvantage many international students pursue education