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Khojastehrad, Shadi; Rafik-Galea, Shameem; Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah – English Language Teaching, 2015
Language attitudes are learned and formed in our social environment through hearing others referring to certain groups or people's languages and cultures, and also by exposure to particular varieties spoken in the context. This might lead to stereotyping English and its native speakers (McKenzie, 2008). In this sense, it is pedagogically…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Dialects, Student Attitudes, Ethnic Groups
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Thirusanku, Jantmary; Yunus, Melor Md – English Language Teaching, 2014
The main aims of this qualitative study are to identify and categorise the types of lexical borrowings from the three main Malaysian languages which are the Malay language, Chinese dialects and Indian languages used by 203 ESL teachers, to what extent these lexical borrowings are used and for what reasons. This study has identified a new category…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Linguistic Borrowing, English (Second Language)