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Peer reviewedBarkhuizen, Gary P.; Gough, David – TESOL Quarterly, 1996
Focuses on the changing role and status of English within new language-in-education policies in South Africa. The article presents a model providing a descriptive framework for analyzing and evaluating decisions made relating to language-in-education planning. The article concludes by identifying issues related to the process of…
Descriptors: African Languages, Apartheid, Bantu Languages, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedShi, Ling – TESOL Quarterly, 2002
Reports results of a study investigating patterns of publication for 14 Western-trained Chinese TESOL professionals in China. Open-ended interviews revealed trends in publishing practices, including the perceived influence of English on their writing of Chinese. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews
Peer reviewedCleghorn, Ailie; Rollnick, Marissa – TESOL Quarterly, 2002
Examines how teachers and learners in eastern and southern Africa code switch between English and their first languages in science and mathematics lessons. Uses empirical classroom data to show that code switching is a valuable linguistic resource in education. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: African Languages, Classroom Research, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedChristie, Frances – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Looks at genre theory and English-as-a-Second-Language instruction from a systemic functional perspective. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Styles, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Dornyei, Zoltan – TESOL Quarterly, 1998
Explores how second-language (L2) learners often develop grammatical competence in the absence of concomitant pragmatic competence. Looks at the extent to which instructed L2 learners of English are aware of differences in target-language production in grammar, which addresses the accuracy of utterances, and in pragmatics, which addresses the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Interpersonal Competence
Peer reviewedPeirce, Bronwyn Norton – TESOL Quarterly, 1989
Draws on a postculturalist theory of language in order to challenge the hegemony of communicative competence as a formulation of principles on which to base the teaching of English internationally. The current movement in South Africa for People's English is examined. (36 references). (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Role
Peer reviewedBurnaby, Barbara; Sun, Yilin – TESOL Quarterly, 1989
Exploration of the views of 24 Chinese teachers of English on the effectiveness of "western" language-teaching methods revealed their beliefs that the communicative approach was applicable to students planning to visit an English-speaking country. Suggestions are presented for helping teachers overcome sociolinguistic limitations in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedMauranen, Anna – TESOL Quarterly, 2003
Describes a project to make a corpus of English spoken as a lingua franca in university settings in Finland. This corpus is one of the first to address the need for corpora that show the target for English-as-a-Foreign-Language learners whose goal is not to speak with native speakers but to interact in communities where English is a lingua franca.…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAl-Hazmi, Sultan – TESOL Quarterly, 2003
Discusses English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) teacher education programs in Saudi Arabia and argues that available program options are in adequate for EFL teacher preparation. Recommendations are offered for improving EFL teacher education programs. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedEastman, Carol M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Reviews language planning theory and discusses language planning in South Africa, both historically and in a postapartheid context. A politically minimal approach is suggested for the postapartheid state, where individuals would receive instruction in English, while being encouraged or allowed to maintain their native languages. (21 references)…
Descriptors: Apartheid, Applied Linguistics, Educational Policy, English
Peer reviewedGordon, Claire M.; Hanauer, David – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Investigated the interrelationship between meaning construction and testing tasks in English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) tests written in both Hebrew and English taken by 28 Israeli 10th graders. Results found that the testing task functioned as an additional information source that was used by the students to develop mental models of English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10, High School Students
Peer reviewedSyed, Zafar – TESOL Quarterly, 2003
Discusses the challenges faced by English-as-a-Foreign-Language teachers in the Arabian Gulf. Seeks to identify structural and contextual issues that have contributed to the present state of language education there. Focuses on four central contributing aspects; contextual framework, human resource development, systems and standards, and research…
Descriptors: Context Effect, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
Peer reviewedDushku, Silvana – TESOL Quarterly, 2000
Describes the practical realities of obtaining interview data for evaluation of language teaching in a complex situation in Albania. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interviews, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLeung, Constant; Harris, Roxy; Rampton, Ben – TESOL Quarterly, 1997
Integrates theory, research, and practice in a discussion of language and identity for adolescent bilingual and multilingual learners within urban classrooms in England. Presents recent research in cultural theory to offer insight into the complex relationship among ethnicity, identity, and language use, and offers a framework for analysis to…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedGreen, John M.; Oxford, Rebecca – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Examined the language learning strategies employed by 374 English-as-a-Second-Language students at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez using the Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) instrument. Results found higher overall strategy use by women than by men and significant differences by proficiency level and gender in students'…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Influences
