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Rajprasit, Krich – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
The spread of English throughout the world has led to the language acquiring the status of an international language and has also led to the emergence of many varieties of English in different parts of the world, commonly referred to as world Englishes (WE). In this regard, WE advocates are making efforts to raise awareness of English diversity…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yusop Boonsuk – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
The rapid transformation of English linguistic landscapes has introduced the world to newly emerging English varieties or World Englishes, which are not typically employed in the Inner Circle. To address the defying phenomenon, this qualitative study explored the perceptions of Thai university lecturers on World Englishes, Thai English and the…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Zhang, Lawrence Jun – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Suresh Canagarajah is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor and Director of the Migration Studies Project, Departments of Applied Linguistics and English, Pennsylvania State University, USA. Having a BA with a major in English from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, Professor…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Variation
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Soruç, Adem; Griffiths, Carol – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
As English as a lingua franca (ELF) continues its global expansion, the need to deal with related pedagogical questions becomes more urgent. Although there have been some studies on ELF-aware students, there is also a need for inspiring ELF-aware teachers, especially at the pre-service stage so that they begin their professional lives with an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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He, Deyuan; Li, David C. S. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
With the largest number of English learners in the world, the influence of the English language teaching (ELT) reform in China cannot be underestimated. This article explores the implications of the actual use of English in China's workplace for ELT reform in the context of English as a lingua franca (ELF). On the basis of cross-validated data…
Descriptors: Educational Change, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Maia, Angélica Araújo de Melo – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2022
Contemporary literacy practices need to be addressed in school settings. That requires awareness by teachers and students of the cultural and linguistic diversity present in our cosmopolitan societies. In the field of English language teaching (ELT), one way of responding to such demand is engaging teachers with multiliteracies pedagogies…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Kung, Fan-Wei; Wang, Xue – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
This study explores Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' attitudes towards accent for effective English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication. Notwithstanding the research conducted on EFL learners' perceptions of different variations of the English language for their language learning, little attempts have been made to…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Preferences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Wang, Hao – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2020
Informed by Poststructuralist Theory, this study investigated the impact of stereotyped notions of English on three doctoral Asian teaching assistants' (TAs) professional identities development as instructors at a US university. This article employed a qualitative approach to examine the Asian TAs' views of standard and stereotyped views of…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Teaching Assistants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Oostendorp, Marcelyn – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
The transformation of higher education has been a pressing concern for policy makers and practitioners. This article provides examples of the transformative potential of assessments designed within the framework of a multi-literacies and heteroglossic pedagogy in an Applied English Language course at a South African university. These assessments,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Yin, Zihan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2015
Many studies have found EFL/ESL learners over/under/misuse linking adverbials. Because their use is specific to genre and register (Biber et al., 1999), and news writing is a compulsory course for EFL journalism majors at many Chinese universities, this study investigates their usage patterns in news and suggests teaching material design for the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, News Reporting
Poedjosoedarmo, Gloria – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2004
English has been an important language of education in Brunei since the inception of public education there but, as is often the case when a language becomes a second language within a country, it is taking on some unique local characteristics, despite official condemnation of such developments. Can the desired balance of roles between English and…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Language of Instruction