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de Beaufort, Lorraine – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2021
There is a great deal of research literature that treats language learning as a process of identity construction, but relatively few studies have investigated so-called additional languages. This article presents interview and other narrative data from a single language learner studying French as an additional language in Hong Kong. Using the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French
Hamza R'boul – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This paper discusses how the political interplay between English-in-society and English-in-education policy in the Global South(s) facilitates what I term 'English as a subtle technology of policy distraction' in postcolonial spheres that were colonised by languages other than English. 'English as a subtle technology of policy distraction' is…
Descriptors: Postcolonialism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Role
Pedro Tavarez DaCosta; Ivanna Tavarez Vásquez; Francheska Arias Reyes – Online Submission, 2025
The present work is a historical/linguistic account of an unprecedented fact regarding the existence of two English Speaking Communities [British English and American English], in our country the Dominican Republic, where Spanish is the official and most used language, to the extent of being considered a monolingual nation or country. It is…
Descriptors: Language Variation, North American English, English, Spanish
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De Smet, Audrey; Mettewie, Laurence; Hiligsmann, Philippe; Galand, Benoît; Van Mensel, Luk – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
Besides being promoted as a way to improve target language proficiency, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is also believed to positively impact socio-affective variables such as language attitudes and motivation. Yet, few extensive empirical studies exist on these aspects in CLIL. The present contribution aims to address this gap in…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kobayashi, Yoko – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
Japanese college students' akogare (meaning "longing") for an idealized West has conventionally been researched and discussed under the assumption that the West is synonymous with Anglophone countries and that an encounter with the West is categorically an international experience. The present study provides new insights by exploring…
Descriptors: College Students, Institutional Characteristics, Selective Admission, Study Abroad
Cruz Arcila, Ferney; Solano-Cohen, Vanessa; Rincón, Ana Cecilia; Lobato Junior, Antonio; Briceño-González, María – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
In the context of an undergraduate program in modern languages that includes the learning of French, Italian, Portuguese, and German in addition to English, this paper problematizes anglonormativity; that is, the dominant discourses of English as the taken-for-granted language of development. From the particular context of Colombia, where the…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Thompson, Amy S.; Liu, Yao – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This study examines motivation and multilingualism using quantitative data from 468 language learners in China. More precisely, the point of inquiry was to investigate the language-specificity of the psychological aspects of self within the L2 Motivational Self System (L2MSS). The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with the L2 English data revealed…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Factor Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Togboa, Edith Natukunda; Tumwine, Agatha; Ebil, Moses Wang'koko – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
In Uganda, publishing in French dates back to more than a century while its teaching dates from the early 1950s. Despite the position of English as the official language, French has for a long time been enjoying a privileged institutionalised position as a language of culture and a vehicle of international cooperation. French is offered as a…
Descriptors: French, Futures (of Society), Language Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Licata, Gabriella – L2 Journal, 2021
Appropriateness-based models of language learning and teaching are rooted in a pervasive neocolonial agenda informed by Eurocentric epistemologies of "standard" or "academic" language (Flores & Rosa, 2015). In examining the normalized limitations of a language program through a raciolinguistic lens, we can better comprehend…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Variation
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Gajo, Laurent; Berthoud, Anne-Claude – European Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This article sets out from the observation that internationalization and contextualization of scientific knowledge increasingly appear to be in conflict, raising the question of the part played by language in the construction, transmission and dissemination of such knowledge. We will start by emphasizing the importance of considering language not…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Scientific Research, Language Role, Conflict
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Ballweg, Sandra – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
Family Language Policy never takes place only in private but is embedded in larger discourses in society or rather in several societies to which the multilingual family is linked. One main point of contact of families and discourses on language is the education system. Previous research has shown that bilingual families orient towards teachers for…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
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Tekin, Oguzhan; Trofimovich, Pavel – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2023
Canada's growing population of international students brings ethnolinguistic diversity and socioeconomic benefits to their host communities. However, students often experience social exclusion and lack of belonging, reporting little communication with local community members for many cultural, ethnic, and religious reasons. The present study,…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Language Attitudes
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Kral, Thomas – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023
This article recounts the lived experience of a Rwandan English teacher's journey from his village to international opportunities for scholarship and work, enabled by his agency in navigating the country's changing linguistic landscape. Using the narrative inquiry research method, the study uncovers an insider's perspective on Rwanda's switch from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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de Carlos, Pablo; Alén, Elisa; Pérez-González, Ana; Figueroa, Beatriz – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
In most service activities, customer satisfaction depends largely on the direct interaction with service providers. In the case of tourism, this interaction often occurs between people from different countries and whose mother tongues are different. In this context, concepts such as cultural proximity, linguistic accommodation, expectations and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Language Attitudes, Tourism, Hospitality Occupations
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Khelloul, Soufyane; Benneghrouzi, Fatima Zohra – Arab World English Journal, 2020
The issues addressed in this work concern primarily the linguistic history and the different language policies that have been adopted from independence till today. Through this paper, the author aims to tackle the status of foreign languages in the Algerian educational system and the extent to which English has been promoted on the expanse of…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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