?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Understanding+the+information+literacy+experiences+of+EFL+(English+as+a+Foreign+Language)+students&rft.creator=Johnston%2C+Nicole+R.&rft.subject=EFL+students&rft.subject=ESL+students&rft.subject=Information&rft.subject=Information+literacy&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Phenomenography&rft.subject=Relational+approach&rft.description=This+thesis+investigated+the+information+literacy+experiences+of+EFL+(English+as+a+Foreign+Language)+students+in+a+higher+education+institution+in+the+United+Arab+Emirates+(UAE).+Phenomenography+was+used+to+investigate+how+EFL+students'+'used+information+to+learn'+(ie.+information+literacy).+The+study+revealed+that+EFL+students'+experienced+information+literacy+across+four+categories+and+had+varying+experiences+of+information+and+learning.+The+research+also+showed+that+EFL+students'+faced+a+number+of+challenges+and+barriers+due+to+language+that+impacted+on+their+experiences+of+reading%2C+understanding%2C+accessing+and+translating+information.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2014&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F71386%2F3%2FNicole_Johnston_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Johnston%2C+Nicole+R.+(2014)+Understanding+the+information+literacy+experiences+of+EFL+(English+as+a+Foreign+Language)+students.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F71386%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education%3B+Science+%26+Engineering+Faculty%3B+School+of+Information+Systems%3B+Office+of+Education+Research