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Hamid, M. Obaidul; Honan, Eileen – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2012
Globalisation and the global spread of English have led nation-states to introduce English into the early years of schooling to equip their citizens with communicative competence in order to compete within a global economy for individual and national development. In teaching English as a Second/Foreign Language, nations have adopted…
Descriptors: Democracy, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Billak, Bonnie – English Teaching Forum, 2011
A persistent problem for teachers in English as a Second Language (ESL) situations concerns students who speak their shared common language instead of English in the classroom. Considering the inherent difficulty of the speaking skill, this is understandable. Learners often prefer to interact socially in their native language, allowing them to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Classroom Communication, Native Language