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Direct linkBronwen Dyson; Gaby Ramia – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Universities in anglophone countries responded to soaring numbers of non-traditional enrolments by expanding student support services. They have done so without being able to guarantee that international students will develop in their English language during a university degree (Humphreys, 2022, The need for English language development in…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Universities, Nontraditional Students
Li, Jia; Zheng, Yongyan – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Drawn on the notion of linguistic entrepreneurship (De Costa, P., Park, J. S., & Wee, L. (2016). Language learning as linguistic entrepreneurship: Implications for language education. "Asia-Pacific Education Research," 25(5-6), 695-702, De Costa, P., Park, J. S., & Wee, L. (2019). Linguistic entrepreneurship as affective regime:…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Entrepreneurship
Lee, Huan Yik; Hamid, M. Obaidul; Hardy, Ian – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Over the past few decades, many Southeast Asian governments have promoted English language education (hereafter ELE) as a linguistic pathway for developing human capital and improving global economic competitiveness of their nations. However, Kirkpatrick (2017. Language education policy among the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Sayer, Peter – AILA Review, 2019
There has been a rapid global expansion of English instruction in the early grades in public school curricula. Particularly in so-called developing countries, the increase of and its shift from exclusively private to public education is linked to the idea that acquiring English promotes personal, social, and economic development. The author takes…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Gibb, Tara L. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2008
Employing critical discourse analysis (CDA), this paper examines the attempt to bridge a Canadian adult second language policy with an employment skills policy. The result is a third policy intended to improve language education and employment skills training for immigrants. The analysis reveals that the knowledge economy and human capital theory…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment
