INTERVIEWS

The Director of the ELSSA Centre, Alex Barthel, was recently interviewed on Lingua Franca, ABC Radio National and by the Campus Review about the debate over the English language proficiency of university students in Australia.

Read the transcript: 'Are tertiary students competent in English?’

Read the interview in the Campus Review, 2007: ‘English proficiency: not just an issue for international students’

NEWS ARTICLES

Alex Barthel wrote an article in the Higher Education section of The Austrlian in Oct 2007, in response to the finding in a report published by Bob Birrell from the Centre of Population and Urban Research. In the report, it was claimed that "one-third of international students who receive permanent residency here after graduating from an Australian university do not have the required language competence in English to be awarded a place in an Australian university, let alone manage a professional job here".

Read the article in The Australian: 'Lost for words among the tight fists'