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Equity or Equality: Outer and Expanding Circle Teachers' Awareness of and Attitudes towards World Englishes and International Proficiency Tests

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Monfared, Abbas – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022

This paper investigates the attitudes of 246 English teachers from Outer and Expanding Circles (EC and OC) towards the global spread of English and the challenges underpinning international proficiency tests. Using a questionnaire, supplemented with interviews with a smaller group of teachers, this study explores how EC and OC teachers perceive…

Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Language Variation

The Role of First Language Literacy and Second Language Proficiency in Second Language Reading Comprehension

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Jiang, Xiangying – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2011

This study examined the interrelationships of first language (L1) literacy, second language (L2) proficiency, and L2 reading comprehension with 246 Chinese college students learning English. L1 literacy and L2 proficiency were measured with college admission exams in Chinese and English. L2 reading comprehension was measured with the reading…

Descriptors: Role, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, College Admission

Translation Model Decision Differences between Expert (Native or Near-Native) Target Language Speakers and Non-Expert (Non-Native or Second) Target Language Speakers.

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Eckert, Doug – 1996

A study of the translation process compared the decisions that native speakers (experts) and non-native speakers (non-experts) made that influenced resulting translations. Subjects were 40 students, graduate students, and faculty in a university foreign language department. English language proficiency was measured for native speakers by using the…

Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making