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Zuo, Miaomiao; Walsh, Steve – Classroom Discourse, 2023
This study considers translation as a joint enterprise in the management of both linguistic translation and associated meaning-making resources in English language teacher talk from a translanguaging perspective. Analysis of classroom teaching in Chinese universities using conversation analysis (CA) under the SETT (self-evaluation of teacher talk)…
Descriptors: Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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de la Fuente, Tatiana Estefania Galvan; Flores, Jesus Eduardo Fong – MEXTESOL Journal, 2021
Second language classroom interaction has unique characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to describe the linguistic resources that teachers draw on to encourage social interaction in the EFL classroom. This examination includes a detailed analysis of the practical activities teachers engage in, focusing on their use of linguistic repertoires…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Mexicans, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sadovets, Olesia – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2019
The paper outlines the peculiarities of Applied Linguistics as a branch of science and specialty provided by universities worldwide. Its scope, relevance in modern labour market and immediate relation to communication and language studies have been analyzed. Its advantages as a flourishing educational program for tertiary education and as an…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Labor Market, Bilingualism, Multilingualism
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Gajo, Laurent; Berthoud, Anne-Claude – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This article aims at a better understanding of the role played by multilingualism and language in general in the process of scientific knowledge construction. By analysing various cases of multilingual communication in different universities and subjects (marketing, physics, law), we propose to focus on two parameters: the language regime and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Multilingualism, Language Role, Universities
Dominguez-Mujica, Maria Eugenia – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The aim of this research is to investigate ideologies that monitor and control styles of written feedback as well as discursive resources used in the expression of those ideologies. Using socio-cognitive analysis, a development of critical discourse studies, I have analyzed 44 sessions of chat on the Internet, 78 journal notes, 31 emails and 12…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Internet, Feedback (Response), Opinions
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Mortensen, Janus – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Internationalisation is a buzzword in European higher education, and many universities work hard to devise and implement strategies that will help facilitate increased transnational student mobility. In this context, English is commonly seen as the "natural" choice for university internationalisation, and English is accordingly promoted…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ljosland, Ragnhild – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Having been the scene of language planning for more than a century in relation to the two competing written standards of Norwegian, Norwegian language planners are now facing a new challenge: how to deal with what has been termed "domain loss" where Norwegian is perceived as losing out to English in important sectors of society,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Language of Instruction, Higher Education
Boztepe, Erman – ProQuest LLC, 2009
There is an ever-increasing trend in the world today to adopt English as the language of instruction in higher education. The increase is in part due to the views that such adoption constitutes the key to competitiveness in a globalized higher education market. Thus, a growing number of universities in non-English-speaking countries switch to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cues, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Communication
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Scollon, Ron; Bhatia, Vijay; Li, David; Yung, Vicki – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Five ethnographic studies located genres of public discourse most central to university students, thus enhancing understanding of those genres as a significant influence on students' use of language. The problem of divergence between school-based genres and genres of public discourse were addressed. Results highlighted are audience roles, sites of…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), College Students, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes
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Giampapa, Frances – International Journal of Bilingualism, 2001
Examines the way Italian-Canadian youth negotiate their identities through their language practices. Views identity as multiple and shifting and shows how eight Italian-Canadian youths in Toronto lean on different aspects of their identities through their daily linguistic and cultural practices across and within multiple worlds. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), College Students, Discourse Analysis
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Coquin-Viennot, Daniele; Coirier, Pierre – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1992
Reports on a study of written protocols by 147 children, ages 7-14. Comparisons were made between those who were asked to debate an issue (formal discourse) and those who were asked to defend an opinion (natural discourse). Finds that older children were able to use different structures for argumentation and write longer arguments. (CFR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Code Switching (Language), Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis