Anyone know of any research on language modification in higher education?

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Brian Poole

This study is in an Australian context, but perhaps of value?

Terraschke A. and Wahid R. (2011). The impact of EAP study on the academic experiences of international postgraduate students in Australia, Journal of English for Academic Purposes 10 (3): 173–182.

https://shorturl.at/fAGL3

Gary Stobbs

Thanks Brian Poole but the source is about the experiences of the students, I want the changes in lexical diversity and use of the academic word list in students' writing.