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Direct linkYajing Fu – Cogent Education, 2024
This qualitative research explores 10 Chinese middle school teachers' perceptions of English and English teaching concerning Global Englishes (GE) and the feasibility of incorporating GE into English language education. Through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis within the framework of 2018 Global English Language Teaching (GELT),…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedEisenstein, Miriam R. – World Englishes, 1986
Investigates the role of dialect variation in the acquisition of American English by adult second language learners. The study revealed that dialect differences present problems for learners and cause variable intelligibility and negative learner attitude toward some varieties of English and its speakers. This attitude could negatively affect a…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis, Dialect Studies
PDF pending restorationOmar, Margaret K. – 1976
The purpose of this booklet is to describe the major differences between the Levantine (Palestinian and Lebanese) and Egyptian (Cairene) dialects of Arabic, with some references to other geographical varieties of these dialects. It is designed to provide help to persons who have learned either one dialect or the other and need to transfer to the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Download full textCoppola, Carlo – 1972
Despite similarities between Hindi and Urdu and mutual intelligibility, at least on the spoken level, slight grammatical differences between the two languages do exist. The treatment of gender provides an example of such differences. Explanation of the actual differences in gender usage can be based on a synchronic, linguistic level as well as on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Culture, Descriptive Linguistics
Di Pietro, Robert J. – 1970
This paper discusses and compares bidialectalism and various types of bilingualism, and the educational considerations presented by each. Stable bilingualism can result when each language is used by most, if not all, members of the community for different purposes. In a bilingual situation, societal factors are frequently such that no agreement…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development
Lester, Mark; And Others – ELT Documents, 1978
This issue contains articles ranging from a theoretical discussion of the nature of an international language to an assessment of the implications of teaching a local form of English. The following articles are included: (1) "International English and Language Variation," by M. Lester; (2) "The English Language, Ideology, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Differences, Dialect Studies
