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Jin, Tinghe – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2017
This paper reports on a study of the identity perceptions of undergraduate and postgraduate students of Mandarin at UK universities. Interviews with 26 students were conducted over a three-year period, most of whom were multilingual. Approximately half spoke English as an additional language. The remainder were native speakers of English. The…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Self Concept
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Stockall, Nancy; Villar Cole, Corinna – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This qualitative research study examines how 12 undergraduate second-language learners understood the concept of citations in academic writing. The following questions guided this study: What are the participants' beliefs about citing research? How do students conceive the role and function of citations in their writing assignments? How do they…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies, Second Language Learning, Citations (References)
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Kim, Mi Kyong; Pollard, Vikki Ann – Education as Change, 2017
This paper uses the introduction of critical pedagogy to an English as a Foreign Language class in the Republic of Korea as a case study for a "modest critical pedagogy" (Tinning 2002). Focusing on the stress and resistances experienced during the introduction, we suggest a modest critical pedagogy that 1) makes the paradigm itself an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Critical Theory
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Manan, Syed Abdul; David, Maya Khemlani – Language and Education, 2014
This study critically examines the literacy levels of undergraduate students in Pakistan to compare and contrast the proficiency levels, particularly reading and writing of their mother tongues versus Urdu and English, and to study real and perceived vitality of local/regional mother tongues vis-à-vis Urdu and English. The research investigated…
Descriptors: Native Language, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Urdu
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Muñoz de Cote, Luz María; van Dijk, Sylvia – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research project set to investigate the piloting process of an innovative language program for university students. It challenges traditional English language teaching courses celebrating a view centered on learning; classes become spaces for students to understand the language they are learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Qualitative Research, College Students