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Liu, Yanhong; Zhang, Lawrence Jun; May, Stephen – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
A number of studies have reported the cultural representations in English textbooks in many contexts, especially those in Asia. However, these studies relied on a small data set and the findings suffered severe limitations. To overcome such shortcomings, we self-built a corpus that has 40 volumes/books of over one million words to examine the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Snell, Julia; Andrews, Richard – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2017
The issue of whether a regional accent and/or dialect impact(s) on the development of literacy skills remains current in the UK. For decades the issue has dogged debate concerning education outcomes, portable skills and employability. This article summarises research on the topic using systematic review methodology. A scoping review was undertaken…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dialects, Pronunciation, Geographic Regions
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McDavid, Raven I., Jr. – CEA Critic, 1980
Although courts are urging linguistic sensitivity, linguistic geographers and sociolinguists are providing evidence on linguistic variety. (RL)
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Language Research, Language Variation, Sociolinguistics