The Obstructive Effects of Pandemic on EAP Learners’ Socialization Experiences: Focused on Academic Integrity (67274)
Session Chair: Jeffrey Trambley
Saturday, January 7, 2023 (10:55)
Session: Session 2
Room: 321B
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
This study reports on (a lack of) academic socialization experiences of international students in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program at a Canadian university during the pandemic. As the pandemic had prohibited international travel and study abroad to a large extent, many EAP overseas students were left with no choice other than online instructions mostly on Zoom or institutions’ own online learning platforms such as Collaborative Ultra (REF, 2021). It is imperative to see how this “alternative” mode of communication as opposed to a more conventional EAP experience in an English as a Second Language (ESL) environment has affected this demographic who plans to pursue a tertiary education in Canada. This study highlights their academic and cultural socialization experiences and constant negotiations especially regarding academic integrity.
Informed by a second language (L2) socialization perspective (Duff, 2020; Schieffelin & Ochs 1986), this study examines students' writing samples (e.g., paraphrasing assignments), online synchronous test performances, and various communication activities including one-to-one conferences with their instructor in 2020-2021. This study argues lack of "authentic" and offline socialization experiences that go beyond acquisition of knowledge/information limited some internationals students from experiencing, in their own words, "genuine" socialization in an academic setting. More importantly, the study found students were more vulnerable to violating academic integrity (i.e., plagiarism) and did not feel integrated to the academic community. The presentation concludes with constructive suggestions for educational interventions and curriculum development with the implications of the findings on their future studies.
Authors:
Mi-Young Kim, University of British Columbia, Canada
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Mi-Young Kim is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at University of British Columbia in Canada
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