- Feelings of community and belonging reduces acculturation stress in international and resident immigrant students.
- Faculty need to advocate for inclusion of plurilingual perspectives into competency-based curriculum
- Faculty have the responsibility of understanding the culture of their students
- Faculty can help students build networks of support outside of the classroom.
- Even students who speak only English often speak a variety of dialects of English besides the academic standard
- Engaging in reflection on multiple iterations of their work helps students understand the nuances of rhetorical choices and how they translate into writing
- ESL students face additional challenges when listening to uninterrupted lecture
- ESL students are being ideologically trained to accept their position as low-wage workers
- Developing a growth-mindset correlates with increases in GPA and success rates for disadvantaged students
- Cultural differences in student-faculty interaction is a challenge for students unfamiliar with the academic culture.
- Critical Language Awareness explores the intersections of language and power
- Circumstantial bilingualism is the idea that a person may be proficient in English for specific situations, but less capable in others
- Being unable to graduate college has a significant negative impact on students career prospects and job satisfaction
- Acquisition of white languaging does not fit the pre-academic English preparation course sequence timeline