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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"420000 Language and Culture"”.
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An action research study of promoting students’ confidence in speaking English
… study investigated students’ attitudes towards language learning, especially speaking, at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, North Bangkok, Thailand. One of the important factors needing change in Thai education is the improvement of language teaching, especially speaking. The aims of the …
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'Sugared Placebos'? The effects of satire and farce in the plays of David Williamson
… work on the basis of perceived superficiality and glibness. The term 'sugared placebos' was employed to describe the truncation of characterisation and treatment of ideas in Williamson’s work (Fitzpatrick 'Styles of Love: New Directions in David Williamson' 416). In examining and explaining the …
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An action research study of pronunciation training, language learning strategies and speaking confidence
… communication. In order to meet the demands of modern society, English teachers need to pay more attention to the development of learners’ competence and focus on a more effective and successful method. However traditional approaches to English language teaching still dominate Thai …
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Whose development? A cultural analysis of an AusAID English language project in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
… Lao have maintained a struggle for political and cultural independence against waves of foreign dominance. Over the centuries, the Lao have faced the cultural hegemony of their linguistic cousins the Siamese, the territorial ambitions of the Vietnamese, the ethnocentrism of French …
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Investigating the learner-centred approach in language teaching in Lesotho
In Lesotho the policy regarding language learning and teaching is spelt out in the syllabus. Inspired by the constitution and resulting from broad consultations the policy requires the active involvement of learners through a learner-centred mode of delivery. This study investigates the use of …
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Post-choice satisfaction of international postgraduate students from Asia studying in Victorian universities
… in the level of customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction between international postgraduate students from Asia studying in Victorian universities? A conceptual model of post-choice satisfaction is developed and tested to support the analysis of four groups of students from China, …
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A proactive evaluation of a self-directed English language program for architecture students at Chulalongkorn University
… Program at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. The study is based on a needs assessment within the Proactive Form of Evaluation as categorised by Owen, with Rogers (1999) and Owen (2006). The research was conducted in two phases: a research review and a needs assessment. Following an …
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Severance packages: a crime paranormal novel and exegesis focussing on the electronic and digital publication of creative writing
… Severance Packages, written for electronic and digital publication, and an accompanying exegesis that contextualises the novel in relation to its genre and to the emerging field of electronic and digital publication in Australia.
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My ornament : writing women's moving, erotic bodies across time and space : a novel and exegesis
… is divided into two volumes, the creative work and the exegesis. The creative work, My ornament, is an Australian novel set in India. It explores - from a feminist perspective - issues of desire, subjectivity, agency and connection among three women and their moving, sexual bodies across time …
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Open Silence: An Application of the Perennial Philosophy to Literary Creation
… in a coma, an immortal wizard, a dead painter, and an unborn soul, as they strive to comprehend the bizarre, dream-like realm in which they find themselves. The narrative utilizes various metaphysical elements of the Perennial Philosophy for the creation of character, event and setting, and also …
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Rapture : excursions in little tyrannies and bigger lies
… studies is anchored around the writing, devising and performing of a series of three solo performance works entitled Rapture, Rapture II, and Rapture III. Rapture III was examined in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This written document, including …
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Enhancing acquisition of intercultural nonverbal competence : Thai English as a foreign language learners and the use of contemporary English language films
This study investigates aspects of the teaching and learning of intercultural nonverbal competence by university students majoring in English in Thailand and starts from the position that intercultural nonverbal competence is an important, but neglected area within English language teaching for …
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Family, politics and popular television: an ethnographic study of viewing an Indian serial melodrama
… in light of the commercialisation, fragmentation and diversification of the Indian television marketplace, the thesis outlines public concerns about this generic development, and analyses the textual hybridity of this serial. In the context of these interrelated industrial, social and textual …
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Little world/mundinho: an 'antropofagic' and autobiographic performance (uma performance antropofagica e autobiografica)
How can we identify and emerge from the chain of bodies, territories and cultures, called 'my body', my 'self'? Can the performing body transcend cultural boundaries? What would such transcendence look like? If it happens, what can it say about a possible intercultural body format? How to create a …
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Disco apocalypse : liminal fictoscapes, and, hatricks: where did the white rabbit go?
… a novel, Disco Apocalypse: Liminal Fictoscapes, and an accompanying exegesis, Hatricks: Where did the White Rabbit Go? which together explore socio-political and aesthetic currents in contemporary culture and literature by means of an authorial journey. The ultimate aim of the thesis is to create …