A5050032467- EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Student Assessment and Feedback
- Higher Education Learning Practices
- Education Systems and Policy
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Reflective Practices in Education
- Educational Technology and Assessment
- Higher Education and Employability
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
Tallaght University Hospital
2017-2019
St. Vincent's University Hospital
2011-2014
The University of Melbourne
1994-2013
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
2013
Central Mental Hospital
2013
University College Dublin
2012
St. Vincent's Birmingham
2012
RMIT University
2004
Background: Service user perspectives are essential for the evaluation and development of mental health services. users expressing less satisfaction with services subsequently have poorer treatment outcomes.Aims: To measure following psychiatric admission, to explore its relationship a number clinical service factors.Methods: A multi-centre observational study was conducted across three in Ireland. were interviewed provided self-report questionnaires. The Client Satisfaction Questionnaire...
The rapidly increasing use of English language proficiency test scores by universities around the world to select international students has resulted in a range admissions, marketing, academic and teaching support staff interacting with tests different ways. To date, there been little research investigating assessment literacy needs these score users. This article focuses on study into nature needs, how well they are currently being met might be best addressed future. Data about questions...
To date, the role of gender in speaking tests has received limited attention language testing research. It is possible oral interviews, for instance, that both interviewing and rating may be highly gendered processes. In like IELTS interview, where interviewer also acts as rater, this poses question whether a effect, if it exists, stems from interview itself, decision or combination these ‘events’. The data collected study consisted audio-taped performances 8 female male test-takers who...
In recent years there has been growing theoretical interest in exploring the relationship between interpretation and use of high-stakes proficiency test scores. these discussions, role institutional users (or score consumers) received only limited attention. This may be due, at least part, to lack consensus literature about degree responsibility have for valid ethical To date, also very little empirical research on work stakeholders. article reports a study focusing how International English...
This article examines the effects of test format and task type on candidate output in direct semi-direct versions oral interaction subtest access: (the Australian Assessment Communicative English Skills). Specifically, it contrasts degree 'orality' versus 'literacy' characterizing audiotaped samples collected for study from perspective lexical density, which provides a measure relationship between grammatical items spoken or written discourse. The findings are discussed relation to...
This paper critically evaluates the pilot of a Thesis Writers’ Circles program offered to Education PhD and DEd students at University Melbourne in semester 2, 2005. The analysis focuses on needs those that were felt be well-met by this model support. Broadly, identifies two distinct but inter-related themes: firstly, challenge developing writing skills level sufficient meet demands preparing research thesis; secondly, importance for higher degree building confidence as apprentice academic...
This article reports on a collaborative study involving ESL 1 teachers in an Australian English Language Centre as they work through some of their concerns about reliability and validity assessment practices. The focus this is how with the Curriculum Standards Framework (CSF) tool. discussion focuses issues relating to limitations CSF way which engage produce meaningful accurate reflective students’ progress. teachers’ stories highlight state-mandated policies are translated into teacher...
Universities have become increasingly reliant upon English Pathway Programs (EPPs) to expand enrolments of international students who otherwise fail satisfy standard entry requirements, as determined by standardized tests language proficiency such IELTS and TOEFL. EPPs provide foundation programs for mainstream university courses, with particular attention the skills required academic study. This article contributes work on alternative assessment within higher education focusing use...
OBJECTIVE Service users may express positive, ambivalent, or negative views of their hospital admission. The objective this study was to determine whether the background interviewer-service user-researcher clinician-influences information elicited. primary outcome level perceived coercion on admission, and secondary outcomes were pressures procedural justice, necessity for satisfaction with services, willingness consent participate in study. METHODS Participants voluntarily involuntarily...
In this book Trish Thompson and Dan X. Harris (2024) explore how collaborative writing between therapists clients can both deepen their relationship enhance the success of psychotherapy. so doing, it highlights potential therapist client to become “fellow travellers” in therapy as opposed more traditional “top down” “expert” “client”. It also demonstrates change through flattening hierarchy them.
Abstract There has been a surprisingly limited amount of research comparing the direct assessment writing by teachers English as mother tongue and second language (abbreviated ESL respectively) given common ground they share writing. This study aims to investigate whether these two groups rate samples differently using both holistic (global) analytical (multiple trait) scoring methods. The compares assessments made four experienced from each rater same set 20 native speaker (English) non...
Aims and method We assess compare: (a) the attitudes of final-year medical students in 2010 to their 1994 counterparts; (b) third-year with those colleagues; (c) impact two different teaching modules on students' attitudes. All completing year 3 psychiatry preclinical module clinical clerkship were asked anonymously complete three well-validated attitudinal questionnaires first final day psychiatry. Results These data indicate that Irish have a positive attitude even prior start training...