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Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This paper investigates the language ideologies held by a group of international students in an English medium instruction (EMI) university in multilingual Hong Kong. The findings indicate that the participants' beliefs about English extend beyond its role as an instructional medium and encompass its use as a lingua franca and as a means of social…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Cray, Ellen; Currie, Pat – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2004
For immigrants and refugees, access to a national or majority language is an important issue. According to its immigrant language training policy, Canada offers its newcomers language instruction for the purposes of settlement and integration. One important aspect of settlement and integration involves literacy. Our study examined the concept of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Refugees, Second Language Learning