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Attitudes toward Arabic-Accented Speech in English
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Sarah Aldossari – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The study explores the attitudes of undergraduate Flagship students in the United States towards Arabic-accented speech in English. It examines the Familiarity Principle among these students and analyzes their attitudes based on socio-intellectual status, aesthetic quality, and dynamism of Arabic-accented speech. The study also discusses the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation
Teaching and Learning French Language Variations: Beliefs and Attitudes of Educators and Learners of French in Higher Education in the U.S.
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Sandra Descourtis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite their permeation in standard French, language variations, such as "argot" and "verlan" are seldom included in the curriculum of French university language programs in the U.S. Variations are often perceived negatively, leading to stigmatization towards the social groups who use them (Bourdieu 1982; Devereaux and Palmer,…
Descriptors: French, Language Variation, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Students' Emotions over Monoglossic Expectations: Affective Discovery and Critical Interventions in L2 & Heritage Language Classrooms
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Cesar Enrique Hoyos Alvarez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
There is a pressing need for language instructors and programs to develop a critical consciousness of how teaching and institutional practices may perpetuate harmful language ideologies and an urgency to promote structural changes (e.g., at the curricular level, via teaching training and equitable pedagogies) to meet the needs of both L2 and…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Equal Education
Information and Communication Technologies in Learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Attitudes of EFL Learners in Vietnam
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Ngo, Hong T. P. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Given breakthroughs in information and communication technologies (ICTs), language learners are increasingly presented with opportunities to advance their proficiency in a target language (herein English as a foreign language or EFL). The attitudes of learners toward the use of ICTs (ICT attitudes) can be predictive of their adoption of ICTs for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Nonmajors, Qualitative Research
Understanding Perspectives of English Language Learning and Assessment Practices: A Mixed-Method Embedded Study
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Bailey, Angela Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study contributed to the continuing dialogue of quality language programs and student outcomes for classroom language learning and assessments within the standardized testing era to language learning programs within Colombia. The particular purpose of this one-phase, embedded, mixed-method study examined students' and teachers' beliefs about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Arabic Women and English Language Learning: A Case Study
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Alkarni, Ream – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The main goal of this study was to interview Arabic women students at Spring International Language Center to record their perceptions, rationale, goals, stories, and opinions about learning English in a U.S. language school. This research was conducted to understand the purposes and goals of Arabic women who come to the United Stated to study the…
Descriptors: Arabs, Females, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning