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Jeffery, Thomas S. – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study investigates key cultural differences in teaching between Korean and "western" teachers, and analyses these via questionnaires given to 35 Korean teachers and 36 non-Korean teachers followed by selected interviews. A significant finding was the emphasis Korean teachers place on testing compared to the "Western"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Teacher Characteristics, Confucianism
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Yuan, Yang; Fang, Lu – English Language Teaching, 2016
Our country is a multi-ethnic country with plentiful national culture achievements, and the development of the national culture shows a trend of diversity, so cultural identity construction is particularly important. Article analyzes the concept of national identity, the relation between cultural identity and ethnic identity, the present situation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, English Instruction, College English
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Li, Haishan; He, Qingshun – English Language Teaching, 2016
Ambiguity tolerance and perceptual learning styles are the two influential elements showing individual differences in EFL learning. This research is intended to explore the relationship between Chinese EFL learners' ambiguity tolerance and their preferred perceptual learning styles. The findings include (1) the learners are sensitive to English…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Individual Differences, Chinese
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Fahrutdinova, Rezida A. – English Language Teaching, 2014
Integration into the world community confronts the Russian education system purpose--education of the individual, having planetary thinking, able to see themselves not only as the representative of the native culture, living in a particular country, but also a citizen of the world, perceiving himself as the carrier and its foreign-language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness