Several studies have looked at lecturers’ views
The lecturers’ views are about academic writing
The writing was done by ESL students. (ESL = English as a second language)
Several studies have looked at lecturers’ views about ESL students’ academic writing.
N + N + Prepositional phrase
Notice how a second complex noun phrase is embedded inside the first, i.e. ESL students’ academic writing – N + N + Adj + N
The growth
The number of ESL students has grown
The ESL students are international students
The students are at universities in Australia.
Possible answer:
The growth in the number of international ESL students at Australian universities.
The Silk Road is a website
It exists in a part of the internet called Tor
Tor is hidden
Tor allows people to access the internet anonymously*
It does this by hiding their computer's identity and location
*anonymously = without revealing their name
Possible answer:
The Silk Road is a website that exists in a hidden part of the internet known as Tor, which allows people anonymous access by hiding their computer's identity and location.
A discussion
The discussion is about the findings from a study
The findings are preliminary
The study examines some factors
These factors influence how lecturers assess written work
The written work is students’ written work
The students are from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Possible answer:
This paper presents a discussion of the preliminary findings from a study examining the factors influencing how lecturers assess the written work of students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.