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Students studying at a postgraduate level need to demonstrate advanced communication in ways appropriate to their discipline. Success, therefore, in postgraduate study is highly dependent upon students‟ writing and grammar skills (Gunawardena, 2014). Language proficiency can be an obstacle for international higher degree research students studying in Australia (Winchester-Seeto, Homewood, Thogersen, Jacenyik-Trawoger, Manathunge, Reid, & Holbrook, 2014). The English entry requirement for postgraduates can be as low as an IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent (ie upper intermediate-advanced English). However, IELTS 6.0 is a level at which the IELTS test makers recommend further English study for students studying for university degrees where English is the medium of instruction (International English Language Testing Sys-