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The Ideological Underpinnings in University English Textbooks in China: A Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics Approach
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Yanhong Liu; Stephen May; Lawrence Jun Zhang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
China has had an ambivalent policy for the learning and teaching of English as a foreign language (EFL) over much of its history. The explicit and implicit implementation of language policy has had a significant impact on the content of EFL textbooks and the ideologies underlying them. However, studies exploring such ideologies remain sensitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Testing a Model of Growth Mindset, Ideal L2 Self, Boredom, and WTC in an EFL Context
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Lawrence Jun Zhang; Abdulbaset Saeedian; Jalil Fathi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Given much importance associated with willingness to communicate (WTC) in foreign language learning, many researchers have carried out studies to explore antecedents of second language (L2) WTC. To contribute to this research domain, this study sought to test a model of ideal L2 self, growth language mindset, boredom and WTC among English major…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement