Ben Fenton-Smith
@benjifento.bsky.social
Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Languages & Social Science, Griffith Uni. Applied Linguistics I International Education I Discourse Studies. Richmond Tigers.
Profile: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/7672-ben-fentonsmith
Profile: https://experts.griffith.edu.au/7672-ben-fentonsmith
A new piece on the ‘professionalisation’ of education agents, from the perspective of Vietnam. Thanks to my wonderful PhD student Phuoc Hoang, and @lytran10.bsky.social, for this collaboration.
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National rules for global agents: Challenges of regulation
In the coming years, we can expect to see policy directives, legislative instruments and training regimes implemented by governments around the world ...
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January 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A new piece on the ‘professionalisation’ of education agents, from the perspective of Vietnam. Thanks to my wonderful PhD student Phuoc Hoang, and @lytran10.bsky.social, for this collaboration.
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1. Sometimes in the field of education, academics who haven’t taught for a long time (outside theoretical uni courses) propose ‘best practice’ principles that sound great but are completely out of touch with those at the coalface.
January 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
1. Sometimes in the field of education, academics who haven’t taught for a long time (outside theoretical uni courses) propose ‘best practice’ principles that sound great but are completely out of touch with those at the coalface.
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Stoked to learn about over 1,500 registrations to our webinars to introduce the Guides to support #internationalstudents.
Next webinar tomorrow: Guide for enhancing international students’ mental health & wellbeing, 2-3 pm (AEDT). Registration: www.englishaustralia.com.au/events/event...
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Next webinar tomorrow: Guide for enhancing international students’ mental health & wellbeing, 2-3 pm (AEDT). Registration: www.englishaustralia.com.au/events/event...
#intled
December 2, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Stoked to learn about over 1,500 registrations to our webinars to introduce the Guides to support #internationalstudents.
Next webinar tomorrow: Guide for enhancing international students’ mental health & wellbeing, 2-3 pm (AEDT). Registration: www.englishaustralia.com.au/events/event...
#intled
Next webinar tomorrow: Guide for enhancing international students’ mental health & wellbeing, 2-3 pm (AEDT). Registration: www.englishaustralia.com.au/events/event...
#intled
A critical policy analysis of the Australian Strategy for International Education 2021–2030
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New publication with Laura Gurney.
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November 20, 2024 at 1:25 PM
A critical policy analysis of the Australian Strategy for International Education 2021–2030
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New publication with Laura Gurney.
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Open access publication with Desiree Kawabata. ‘Coherence’ is a ubiquitous term in language testing but hard to pin down. This has consequences for people’s lives, who rely on scores as ‘proof’ of competency (e.g. to enter a country, a university or a profession).
Open access publication with Desiree Kawabata. ‘Coherence’ is a ubiquitous term in language testing but hard to pin down. This has consequences for people’s lives, who rely on scores as ‘proof’ of competency (e.g. to enter a country, a university or a profession).
Incoherent coherence? Using systemic functional linguistics to improve oral language assessment literacy - The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
This paper discusses the challenges of defining coherence in the context of oral language assessment literacy and proposes that better understanding of the construct can be achieved through a systemic...
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November 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Open access publication with Desiree Kawabata. ‘Coherence’ is a ubiquitous term in language testing but hard to pin down. This has consequences for people’s lives, who rely on scores as ‘proof’ of competency (e.g. to enter a country, a university or a profession).
Open access publication with Desiree Kawabata. ‘Coherence’ is a ubiquitous term in language testing but hard to pin down. This has consequences for people’s lives, who rely on scores as ‘proof’ of competency (e.g. to enter a country, a university or a profession).