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Does the Saudi English Language Curriculum Reflect the Current State of English? A Documentary Analysis from a Global Englishes Perspective
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Aldawsari, Mohammed; Karakas, Ali – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2021
The Saudi English language education has experienced a continuous process of reform and revision. Recently, the Saudi English Language Curriculum (SELC) has been introduced to the research and practice community. The lack of research investigating language policies in the Saudi context is where the current study situates itself. Thus, a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Gaining Insight into Students' Language Experiences through Their Linguistic Autobiographies
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Prinsloo-Marcus, Loraine; Campbell, Bridget – English in Education, 2022
To write a linguistic autobiography is to explore and reflect on our lived experiences with language. The purpose of this research was to gain insight into students' language experiences through their linguistic autobiographies and to gain a greater understanding of their relationship with and thoughts on language within their social contexts. In…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Autobiographies, Learning Experience, Social Environment
Language Effects in International Testing: The Case of PISA 2006 Science Items
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El Masri, Yasmine H.; Baird, Jo-Anne; Graesser, Art – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016
We investigate the extent to which language versions (English, French and Arabic) of the same science test are comparable in terms of item difficulty and demands. We argue that language is an inextricable part of the scientific literacy construct, be it intended or not by the examiner. This argument has considerable implications on methodologies…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Difficulty Level, Test Items, Language Variation
Dodgy Data, Language Invisibility and the Implications for Social Inclusion: A Critical Analysis of Indigenous Student Language Data in Queensland Schools
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Dixon, Sally; Angelo, Denise – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2014
As part of the "Bridging the Language Gap" project undertaken with 86 State and Catholic schools across Queensland, the language competencies of Indigenous students have been found to be "invisible" in several key and self-reinforcing ways in school system data. A proliferation of inaccurate, illogical and incomplete data…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Standard Spoken Usage, Foreign Countries, English
Spread of English across Greater China
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Feng, Anwei – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
Greater China is used in this article to refer to mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Macao. While a holistic approach is adopted to present and compare the rapid spread of English and development in English language education in these geographically close, and sociopolitically, culturally and economically interrelated but hugely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach, Language Variation, English (Second Language)
English as Gatekeeper: Linguistic Capital and American Schools
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Tosky King, Elena; Scott, Lakia M. – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2014
Purpose: This paper aims to progress the dialogue on language rights in the urban classroom. Research has evidenced how language can serve as a powerful tool in mainstream ideologies; more specifically, the preferred and dominant use of Standard Written English in the American classroom has demonstrated how language serves as a gatekeeper for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Attitudes, Standard Spoken Usage, Language Variation