Introduction to this Issue

Sian Etherington

Becoming a different kind of learner: a case study of a Japanese EAP learner

Nilüfer Demirkan-Jones

Exploring the importance of ‘identity’ for the East Asian students in an EAP context: a case study

Edward de Chazal and Yoko Aldous

From Japanese to Anglo-Saxon academic writing culture: 
a practical framework and a personal journey

Mary Davis

Group dynamics in the e-learning context: online or off track?

Andy Gillett and Claire Weetman

Investigation of the use of a VLE group discussion facility by East Asian Postgraduate Students.

Two sides of the same story? Staff and student perceptions of the non-native speakers experience of the British academic system.

Nick Pilcher,  Martin Cortazzi and Lixian Jin

“An immense variability”? British university supervisors’ perceptions of mainland Chinese learners

Anne Lawrie,

Don’t interrupt, I’m thinking!

Maria Leedham

“Do I speak better?” A longitudinal study of lexical chunking in the spoken language of two Japanese students

Melanie Hodge

The use of portfolios to encourage critical thinking

Yuhua Li

Chinese learners in Britain as seen from the perspective of a visiting Chinese lecturer

Overview of all 20 presentations – links to abstracts and PowerPoint slides