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Litzenberg, Jason – Applied Linguistics, 2021
This article considers Intensive English Programs (IEPs) affiliated with higher education institutions of the Global North from the perspective of a decolonial option in which English is viewed as a tool of modernity used for colonization and the maintenance of unequal socioeconomic and power structures. Via nuanced description (Pennycook and…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Polat, Nihat; Mahalingappa, Laura; Mancilla, Rae L. – Applied Linguistics, 2020
This longitudinal study examined growth patterns of written syntactic complexity of Turkish learners of English. Using a nonexperimental corpus of 852 writing samples by 284 English as a foreign language (EFL) learners over three semesters, the study addressed the following questions: which indices of syntactic complexity characterize the writing…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)