Open AccessSpecial Issue Editorial - Technology-enhanced academic language support (TALS)
Author(s) -
John William Smith
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of university teaching and learning practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1449-9789
DOI - 10.53761/1.16.4.1
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , work (physics) , space (punctuation) , higher education , face (sociological concept) , mathematics education , educational technology , pedagogy , sociology , engineering ethics , political science , engineering , computer science , psychology , social science , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , law , operating system
Welcome to this special issue of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice on the topic of technology-enhanced academic language support (TALS). The academic language abilities of tertiary students have been an area of intense focus for both Australian universities and the Australian federal government for over 10 years. Increasingly, however, universities are turning to digital technologies to enhance or supplement their face-toface support, and this move away from ‘more supported’ approaches to ‘self-help’ and ‘selfaccess’ resources brings with it a host of teaching and learning complexities. This issue brings together some of the current work being conducted in this digital learning and teaching space.