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Nonaka, Chisato – ProQuest LLC, 2017
"Akogare" [desire] is a Japanese word laden with cultural and emotive values. In the recent TESOL [Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages] studies, "akogare" has been conceptualized to emphasize the Japanese specific desire for English or "the West" in general. This study not only leverages such a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Cultural Influences
Xu, Hongmei – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Taking ecological language planning and policy as its conceptual orientation and interpretive policy analysis as its methodological framework, and following an embedded single-case study design, this study explores the role of English, as compared with the role of Chinese, in China's educational language planning and policy for higher education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Interviews, Language Role