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Download full textOmoera, Osakue Stevenson; Aiwuyo, Oluranti Mary; Edemode, John; Anyanwu, Bibian – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2018
This article examined the impact of social media on the writing abilities of Nigerian youths in English, which is the language of mass communication in Nigeria. Deploying cultivation theory of the media, this study used quantitative and qualitative methods to unpack the Nigerian youths' opinions on the impact of the use of social media on their…
Descriptors: Social Media, Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, English (Second Language)
Lin, Grace Hui Chin – Online Submission, 2019
Perhaps it is inevitable that non-native speakers' English articulations are displayed with their local accents, which are usually based on their mother tongues or dominant languages. However, fluency in English pronunciation and communication is still achievable by these groups of speakers in outer and expanding circles. In these two circles,…
Descriptors: Pidgins, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLevey, Stephen – World Englishes, 2001
Explores aspects of linguistic variation and change in written Tok Pisin, an English-based pidgin/creole that is spoken in Papua New Guinea as a second language by over 1,5000,000 people and as a first language by over 20,000 people.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Creoles, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Variation
Peer reviewedSiegel, Jeff – Applied Linguistics, 1997
Presents the results of research examining the argument that the use of a pidgin or creole will interfere with students' subsequent acquisition of the standard language. The study evaluated a preschool program in Papua New Guinea that uses Melanesian Pidgin English as the medium of instruction for students who later attend an English-medium…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
Sandefur, John R. – 1986
A study of North Australia's Kriol language situation identifies the language, its speakers, its functions, and the sociopolitical factors in its emergence as an autonomous language. The first chapter reviews the development of the linguistic field concerning pidgins and creoles, looking especially at the concepts developed to explain the rise and…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Bilingualism, Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics
Lam, Clara – 1994
Research in the teaching of second/foreign languages has called for an emphasis on interactional competence, or the ability to think and behave as an interactional partner in a second language. The aim of this paper is to find out if the specific interactional skills acquired by students through their first language experience are automatically…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Moody, James – 1993
A survey of 98 Papua New Guinea technical university graduates in the applied sciences, engineering fields, and forestry investigated their language skill use and language needs in the workplace. Results indicate that, as in Papua New Guinea society in general, English and Tok Pisin are the two most important languages for technical communication…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Needs, Engineering
