This research also differs from that of O’Loughlin and Arkoudis in that whereas the participants in their study were both undergraduate and postgraduate, in the current study they are undergraduates only, but representing a range of disciplines, namely, Nursing, Business, Engineering and Information Technology. Also differing from the O’Loughlin and Arkoudis study is the fact that for most of the participants in the research reported here, the results obtained in the July 2010 IELTS Test were not ‘exit scores’. Most of the participants had one more semester of study to complete. Most hoped that their ‘exit score’ would be somewhat.
