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Bardel, Camilla; Gyllstad, Henrik; Tholin, Jörgen – Language Teaching, 2023
This review provides an account of salient research topics in current Swedish research in the field of foreign language (FL) education, with the aim of making locally published work available outside Sweden. A corpus of work on English and other FLs published between 2012 and 2021 has been scrutinized. Focus has been placed on research conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
Kai Li; Xiang Zheng; Chaoqun Ni – Research Evaluation, 2024
The preeminence of English as the lingua franca in global science has led to English-dominant publication practices, even in non-English-speaking countries. We examine the complex dynamics of language use in scientific publications in China, a major contributor to global scientific output, and the tensions between English and the native language.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Language Usage
Tebogo J. Rakgogo – Transformation in Higher Education, 2024
The core objective of this article is to evaluate the progress made in linguistic development over the past three decades, with a specific focus on the role of language and its philosophical underpinnings in reshaping and decolonising South African higher education landscape. Linguistic imperialism as a conceptual framework alongside the Framework…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Racial Segregation, Social Change, Colonialism
Gotti, Maurizio – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
In the process of internationalization of their teaching programmes many universities all over the world are now offering courses in English. This is a typical English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) situation in which both lecturers and students--although they are not native speakers of English--use this language as a common means of communication and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Multilingualism
Soler-Carbonell, Josep – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
The role of English as a global language and its consequences for the internationalization of higher education are matters that have increasingly drawn the attention of researchers from different fields of language and communication. In this paper, an overview of the situation in Estonia is presented. The Estonian context has not previously been…
Descriptors: Graduates, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, English (Second Language)
Tedick, Diane J.; Wesely, Pamela M. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
This review of the extant research literature focuses on research about content-based language instruction (CBI) programmes in K-12 foreign/second language education in the USA. The review emphasises studies on one-way language immersion (OWI) and two-way language immersion (TWI) programmes, which are school-based and subject matter-driven. OWI…
Descriptors: Course Content, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lam, Wan Shun Eva; Warriner, Doris S. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
This review of research offers a synthesis and analysis of research studies that address issues of language and literacy practices and learning in transnational contexts of migration. We consider how theoretical concepts from transnational migration studies, including particular Boudieusian-inspired concepts such as transnational social field,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Ideology, Migration, Language Role

Collerson, John – English in Australia, 1980
Examines three broad functions that underlie all use of language--language for learning (language as a representation of the world), language for living, and language for linking (connected discourse in context). Considers teacher knowledge of these language functions essential if the teachers are to guide student language acquisition. (RL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Grammar, Language Acquisition

Maley, Yon – Language in Society, 1987
An analysis of the institutional context of law suggests that, if legislation is to be both stable and flexible, institutional communicative strategies are required to organize linguistic means to these sociolinguistic ends. The nature of an Act of Parliament is used to illustrate the institutional context of law. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Language Role, Language Usage, Laws

Guterman, Jeffrey T. – Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 1996
Drawing on a literature review, considers the implications of a language systems perspective in relation to marriage and family counseling. Claims that the shift toward language systems might prove to be the most important theoretical advance in the behavior sciences since the cognitive revolution. (RJM)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Family Counseling, Interpersonal Communication, Language Role
Soukup, Paul A. – 1994
This paper explores the question of interpreting complex texts, particularly scripts and multimedia presentations. The paper first reviews the literature on natural discourse, noting that although interpreting spoken natural language seems rather straightforward, many scholars have discussed what is required to make sense of discourse. The paper…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Hermeneutics, Language Research
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1982
The role and status of English instruction in Greece is outlined. The role of English and English language instruction in the country as a whole, English instruction within the educational system, availability and training of English teachers, textbook selection and use, educational administration of English teaching, English instruction…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1982
The role and status of English instruction in Korea is outlined. The role of English in Korea as a whole, English instruction within the educational system, language teacher training, textbook use, educational administration, educational development and planning, English instruction outside of the educational system, British and American support…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1983
The role of English and the status of English language instruction is reported for Burma, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Lesotho, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar, and Malaysia. The profile for each country contains a summary of English instruction within and outside of the educational system, teacher supply and qualifications,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials

Warnick, Barbara – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1979
Examines structuralist, phenomenological, and constructivist views of discourse and applies them to rhetorical criticism. Structuralist criticism analyzes elements of the text and their interrelationships; phenomenological criticism stresses the influence of the situation on discourse; and constructivist criticism incorporates both methods,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Role, Language Usage, Persuasive Discourse