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Jantadej, Kewalin – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2021
This study scrutinized English as an international language teaching (EILT) and perceptions of Thai tertiary English language teachers through a 20-item Likert Scale questionnaire and a 7-question semi-structured interview protocol. The results from these two instruments disclosed some inconsistencies. Although the questionnaire results revealed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Case Studies
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Krengel, Fabian – Global Education Review, 2021
A key goal of global education in language teaching is to "have students 'think globally and act locally'"(Cates, 2013, p. 278) -- an idea in line with the concept of glocality. Virtual exchange -- i.e. connecting learners with different lingua-cultural backgrounds over extended periods of time via digital communication technologies (The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Nieto-Gómez, Yuly Andrea; Clavijo-Olarte, Amparo – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2021
This qualitative interpretive study carried out with four EFL teachers in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at a private university in Bogotá, Colombia addresses the disconnect that exists between curricular content and the life of students in education. From our understanding of literacy as a sociocultural practice, we proposed a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, English for Academic Purposes, Local Issues, Foreign Countries
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Mideros, Diego, Ed.; Roberts, Nicole, Ed.; Carter, Beverly-Anne, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This book presents a unique perspective from an underrepresented region in the Global South. The volume features four different countries in the region: Barbados, Guyana, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Martinique, an island located just north of St. Lucia which is an overseas region of France. It documents innovations in learning…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Spanish
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Rauschert, Petra; Cardetti, Fabiana – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2022
This article presents an analysis of a teaching concept we developed based on the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) (Council of Europe, 2018), that not only provides opportunities to practice communicative skills but puts a major focus on democratic competences. Mathematics students and TEFL (Teaching English as a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Democracy, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
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Madden, Oneil N. – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The interconnectivity of peoples worldwide is sufficient rationale for foreign language learners to develop the relevant competences for intercultural interactions in both local and global--"glocal" contexts. This study presents a conceptualisation of "glocal" competence for Jamaican foreign language teaching professionals from…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Arifani, Yudhi – English Language Teaching, 2016
The development of local wisdom based sensitizing reading material is aimed at penetrating one of the imperishable gaps between authentic and non-authentic reading materials dispute in an EFL teaching context. Promoting EFL learners' needs for the first semester students of English department at university level, who rarely or even never have a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Materials, Textbook Preparation
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Reinders, Hayo, Ed.; Nunan, David, Ed.; Zou, Bin, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2017
This book evaluates the origins of processes of change in language teaching in China, and the factors influencing their success. Examining diverse experiences and drawing on the perspectives of academics from the top institutions in the country, the authors analyse the complex interplay between global and local influences on language policies.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Educational Change