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Vahid Aryadoust – Applied Linguistics, 2024
I analyzed a corpus of the international English language testing system (IELTS) comprising 256 listening sections (1996-2021). The primary objective of the study was to gain insights into the assumptions made by test designers regarding the real-life contexts that test-takers will encounter. Overall, 15 superordinate topic areas and 300 subtopics…
Descriptors: Dialects, Pronunciation, Commercialization, Second Language Learning
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Peter Bannister; Alexandra Santamaría-Urbieta; Elena Alcalde-Peñalver – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2023
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) text generator tools and the potential challenges for higher education (HE) have characterised informal academic discussion on multiple fora. Specifically examining the case of English medium instruction (EMI) assessment academic integrity, this study sought to explore this conundrum by…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Choi, Lee Jin – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2021
While quality English language education is not equally accessible in many EFL countries, neoliberalism and its ideology of language as a neutral skill that everyone can acquire has obscured inequalities caused by the heavy emphasis on English as a dominant world language. Using South Korea as an example, I examine how individuals, especially…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Social Class
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Meighan, Paul J. – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2023
Translanguaging and plurilingual approaches in English Language Education (ELE) have been important for envisaging more equitable language education. However, the languages implemented in translanguaging or plurilingual classrooms predominantly reflect the knowledge and belief systems of dominant, nation-state, "official", and/or…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Western Civilization
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Sue Creagh; Skye Playsted; Anna Hogan; Tae-Hee Choi; Bob Lingard – TESOL in Context, 2023
Privatisation and commercialisation in education encompass a range of interrelated practices, including the outsourcing of educational services as well as increased reliance on commercially produced resources for the delivery of learning and assessment. An increase in these practices has accompanied the shift from centralised systemic management…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Carlbaum, Sara – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
This article analyses and critically discusses how context is relevant when constructing and upholding an equivalent education for all within the neo-liberal educational regime of marketisation and accountability. At the centre of the article is a study of national school inspection reports in four municipalities in Sweden, exploring performance…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Inspection, Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism