Jeffery Pittam
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jeffery Pittam plays a role.
Articles
Antecedents and consequences of TESOL student expectations Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 31:2, pp. 15.1–15.18 | Article
2008 Affective variables can help understand differences in student performance. This paper presents student expectations as an affective variable that has so far received little research attention. Students have expectations from educational providers, the fulfilment of which can create a positive… read more
Student expectations of TESOL programs: Student and teacher perspectives Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 29:1, pp. 4.1–4.21 | Article
2006 Most practitioners teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) will agree that students come with some expectations about course content and teaching methodology and that these expectations play a vital role in student motivation and learning. However, the study of student expectations… read more
Vietnamese refugees acquiring proficiency with Australian-English vowels: A family case study Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 13:1, pp. 25–42 | Article
1990 This paper presents data from a longitudinal study of Vietnamese refugee families acquiring Australian-English. Specifically, the paper is concerned with Vietnamese acquiring proficiency with vowels. It documents the progress made by four members of a Vietnamese family across their first year in… read more