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Odrowaz-Coates, Anna – Education as Change, 2020
This article draws on chaos theory to critically analyse the recent higher education reforms that have been taking place in Poland. The argument launched in this article aims to show that the reforms are based primarily on neoliberal foundations and to expose the linguistic dominance of the English language in neoliberal settings. The English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Neoliberalism, Higher Education
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Semeniuk, Oleh; Leleka, Tetyana; Moskalenko, Olena – Advanced Education, 2020
The article is aimed at the analysis of a linguistic problem of the use of Anglo-American loanwords in the Ukrainian language connected with the English globalisation and transformation into the language of international communication. The authors argue that the Anglo-Americanisms can be transferable to the original Ukrainian synonymous words…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Ukrainian, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Rudick, Kyle C.; Ellison, Scott – Communication Education, 2016
In response to the articles in this forum, the authors write that they were struck by the way most of the authors assumed that generations are stable entities characterized by readily identifiable factors, such as age, attitudes or circumstances. Following a constitutive philosophy of communication and instruction (Fassett & Warren, 2007;…
Descriptors: Language Role, Student Research, Self Concept, Age Differences
Oller, D. Kimbrough; And Others – 1997
At the University of Miami, the Bilingual Study Group has been evaluating linguistic and academic performance of children from a broad spectrum of socioeconomic status who appear to be well-matched across bilingual and monolingual groups. Because the studies vary in the degree of exposure to English and Spanish among bilingual subjects who are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
Steinhausen, Paul – 1993
Training courses for teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) at the elementary and secondary levels, implemented in Brunei in 1989, are described, and proposals for a new teacher certification level are examined. The first course leads to a diploma in elementary/secondary ESL teaching, and is characterized by both written and practical work…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Age Differences, Course Descriptions, Elementary Secondary Education
Kresovich, Brant M. – Bulletin of College of Education University of the Ryukyus, 1989
Ten speaking and listening activities designed to improve the intercultural communication skills of intermediate and advanced learners of English are presented. The activities are based on seven goals of cultural instruction: (1) sense of culturally controlled behavior; (2) interaction of language and social variables such as gender, age, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills