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Page 54 University of Sydney Papers in TESOL<br />
• feel confident about writing in English at university<br />
(Question 9) - GB (M = 3.72, SD = .885) and EAP (M = 3.37,<br />
SD = .941), t(160) = 2.44, p = 0.016; The effect size for this<br />
analysis (d = 0.38) was found to fall under Cohen’s (1988)<br />
convention for a medium effect (d = 0.50);<br />
• feel confident about reading in English at university<br />
(Question 10) - GB (M = 3.89, SD = .868) and EAP (M = 3.45,<br />
SD = 0.934), t(160) = 3.05, p = 0.003 - The effect size for this<br />
analysis (d = 0.48) was found to almost conform to Cohen’s<br />
(1988) convention for a medium effect (d = 0.50).<br />
However, there were no significant differences between the<br />
GB and EAP students in their responses to the remainder of the<br />
statements: 3, 4, 6, and 7. Thus, these results indicate that,<br />
compared to their EAP peers, the GB students did not feel that<br />
their course gave them more help to:<br />
• learn the types of writing I need for university (Question 3);<br />
• improve in English language proficiency (Question 4);<br />
• improve in knowledge of grammar (Question 6);<br />
• feel confident about speaking in English at university (Question 7).
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