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Charoenroop, Pattrawut – English Language Teaching, 2016
Reviews of literature made manifest that native English speakers who were research participants in many studies on disagreements were Americans (e.g., Beebe & Takahashi, 1989; Takahashi & Beebe, 1993; Dogacay-Aktuna & Kamisli 1996; Rees-Miller, 2000; Guodong & Jing, 2005; Chen, 2006). The excessive use of Americans as research…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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Saengboon, Saksit – English Language Teaching, 2015
This exploratory study investigated the perceptions of Thai university students towards World Englishes (WEs). One hundred and ninety-eight students from three universities in Bangkok were administered a questionnaire inquiring about definitions of WEs, the Kachruvian concentric circles, the concepts of standard and ownership of English, Thai…
Descriptors: College Students, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Pishghadam, Reza; Zarei, Sima – English Language Teaching, 2012
Granted the fact that different cultures have different speaking styles, knowledge of these styles can help people grasp the essence of social cultural knowledge to communicate with others more successfully. In this regard, the present paper aims at comparing the use of speech act of gratitude in Persian and Chinese EFL learners and English native…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Chinese, Indo European Languages, North American English