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Hillman, Sara; Graham, Keith M.; Eslami, Zohreh R. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2021
Transnational higher education (TNHE), often based on export models of Western-based universities and driven by neoliberal market economy agendas, has spread across the globe. One example of TNHE is Qatar's Education City where six prestigious American international branch campuses (IBCs) all administer their degrees through English medium…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Planning, Language of Instruction, Neoliberalism
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Stapa, Siti Hamin; Musaev, Talaibek; Hieda, Natsue; Amzah, Normalis – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2013
This paper will discuss two issues related to Japanese retirees adopting Malaysia as their second home. The first is that of the preferred language choice of the retirees. To collect data for language choice a self-report questionnaire was administered and an interview was conducted. The findings suggest that the majority of the retirees chose…
Descriptors: Asians, Retirement, Place of Residence, Foreign Countries
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Kennedy, Claire; Levy, Mike – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
A team of university Italian teachers at an Australian university has been able to obtain enduring benefits from computer-assisted language learning (CALL), through projects that last, and indeed grow and develop over time. The projects have focused on supporting students in effective use of out-of-class time once they reach an intermediate level…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Langager, Mark – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010
This paper is an exploratory study of the childhood academic language environments (CALEs) of bilingual Japanese expatriate students. Student (n=28) and parent (n=67) surveys were adapted from the Life History Calendar (Caspi et al. 1996) to gather retrospective CALE data at a Japanese-English bilingual high school. Principal Components Analysis…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Credentials, Research Needs, Intervention
Charney, Jonathan – School Administrator, 2009
Schools in America, especially in communities far from urban centers, are working harder to find highly qualified and culturally proficient staff to prepare students successfully for an increasingly interconnected world. Apart from offering teachers more professional development and hiring educators with international travel experience, public…
Descriptors: Travel, Personnel Selection, Teacher Exchange Programs, School Districts
Noss, Richard B. – 1987
A course in English as a second language for diplomats, offered in Washington, D.C. is described. The course consists of two levels: the first aims at non-native speakers of English with threshold proficiency, and the second is designed for current and prospective personnel in foreign diplomatic services of non-English-speaking countries. The…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Course Content, Course Organization, English for Special Purposes
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Kuntz, Patricia S. – 1994
The evolution of Swahili-L, an Internet distribution list service for multi-address mailings written in Swahili, is chronicled and its applications in second language teaching, literacy education, and worldwide communication among Swahili speakers are discussed. Developed by the African studies outreach program at the University of Wisconsin, the…
Descriptors: African Languages, College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Mail