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Eleftheria Christou; Nathan Thomas; Jim McKinley – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The global expansion of English has raised a call for English-language teachers around the world to frame English as an international language (EIL). This is especially true in rapidly developing contexts such as China, where teachers are expected to prepare learners to engage effectively in intercultural interactions. As such, the present study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Lou, Kaiyang; Xiong, Tao; Peng, Yue – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Along with China's economic development and expanding cultural influence, the Chinese language has attracted an increasing number of learners in Myanmar, a culturally and linguistically diverse country. However, little is known about local languageChinese teachers' language ideologies toward the Chinese language and Chinese language education…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Tarrayo, Veronico N.; Ulla, Mark B.; Lekwilai, Panya – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2021
This study explored perceptions of university English language teachers in Thailand regarding Thai English. Using purposive-convenience sampling, 60 teachers of English from two Thai universities answered a survey; 11 of which participated in in-depth semi-structured interviews. An analysis of the survey and interview responses indicated that…
Descriptors: Thai, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Ye, Xuejun – Language Learning Journal, 2023
In China, code-switching (CS) is frequently used in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. However, the functions of CS in Chinese secondary schools remain unclear. Moreover, student perceptions have rarely been considered in previous studies. This paper therefore sets out to examine why English teachers code-switch in EFL classrooms. In…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Student Attitudes, Language Usage, Second Language Learning
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Siqueira, Sávio – Education Sciences, 2021
Based on an ethnographic research study involving Brazilian teachers from different educational contexts in the city of Salvador, Brazil, this paper aims to approach and discuss the dialogic relationship between critical pedagogy and language education, within the context of English as a global lingua franca. The main goal of the original work was…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Despagne, Colette – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2019
In Mexican higher education, the spread of English has become a tool in the internationalization process of universities. However, language has been sidelined in the discourses of globalization and internationalization. Hence, this ethnographic case study aims to look at the spread of English in Mexican higher education through two private…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Language Role, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Mohamadi Zenouzagh, Zohre – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This study investigates the potential of individual, collaborative, and E-collaborative writing modalities on the development of syntactic complexity (SC), their sustained effect on SC development, and the potential meditating role of SC of L1 (First Language) in SC of L2 (Second Language). To this end, 90 Iranian intermediate EFL learners…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pretests Posttests
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Dabbagh, Ali; Babaii, Esmat – TESL-EJ, 2021
The present study investigated non-native speaker (NNS) teachers' data-driven criteria in scoring multiple-rejoinder written discourse completion test tasks (MR-WDCT) and their points of (mis)match with expert-driven criteria. Specifically, this study scrutinized factors considered by NNS experienced and novice teachers in evaluating responses to…
Descriptors: Scoring, Pragmatics, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Morganna, Ruly; Sumardi; Tarjana, Sri Samiati – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
"The status quo" of English as the world lingua franca (Choi, 2016; Fang, 2017; Kusumaningputri & Widodo, 2018; Liu & Fang, 2017), the increasing role of English as an additional language for nowadays Indonesian generation (Lauder, 2008), and the nature of Indonesian EFL students as multicultural people (Hamied, 2012; Sukyadi,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Moutinho, Ricardo; Carlos Paes de Almeida Filho, José – Multicultural Education Review, 2015
In an increasingly multi-territorialized and interdependent world, people are getting more in touch with each other than ever before through many mass media services. This provides the possibility to overcome geographical boarders in order to build new relationships that foster mutual interests in economical and socio-cultural aspects from…
Descriptors: Language Role, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Forman, Ross – TESL-EJ, 2015
We often hear from speakers of L2 that they "feel different" when communicating through the medium of an additional language. While there has been much exploration of L2-­mediated identity development in naturalistic settings, there is very little conducted within the instructed learning environment of EFL. The present study explores how…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Choi, Tae-Hee – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
In recent years, Asian countries including South Korea have been trying to redefine the role of English in response to globalisation. The impact of this on English language teaching and on Korean society more generally has been well documented; however, the impact of this change on individual teachers and their teaching calls for further…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Language Planning
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Grant, Leslie; Bell, Angela B.; Yoo, Monica; Jimenez, Christina; Frye, Barbara – Reading Horizons, 2017
While families play a vital role in the early literacy skills of young English Learners, their educators often do not share the same backgrounds or cultures, and may not know how to connect with parents who are linguistically and culturally different. As part of a year-long grant funded professional development project, the authors led teams of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, English Language Learners, Likert Scales, Literacy
Turkan, Sultan – Online Submission, 2013
In a developing nation like Turkey, the English language plays a significant role in educational and socioeconomic mobility. English is acquired and taught as a foreign language (EFL) primarily in the classrooms. However, the ways in which English language is represented in classroom instruction have been hardly examined and understood. With that,…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Brumfit, Christopher; Mitchell, Rosamond – 1995
A survey of teacher trainees at the University of Southampton (England) investigated trainee knowledge level of English grammar and of language use around the world. Responses of English and modern language teacher trainees (n=19), non-language teacher trainees (n=35), and in some cases, undergraduates from the general student population (n=238)…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English Teachers, Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution
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