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Siskin, H. Jay – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This study examines autobiographies of American teachers of French in order to make explicit their beliefs regarding French language and culture. The themes of class and power are prominent in these teachers' belief systems, as is the desire for self-transformation through mastery of French and miming a subset of French behaviors. These notions…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Nationalism, Autobiographies, French
Wilhelm, Kim Hughes – 1995
A study investigated the application of Geert Hofstede's theory of cultural dimensions in management to the situation of Malaysian (n=8) and American (n=4) instructors in implementing a new English-as-a-Second-Language curriculum in Malaysia. American and Malaysian cultures are compared on four dimensions: social differentiation by gender; desire…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Traits, Decision Making