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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"an international language"”.
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Global Voices: A Student-Centered Guide to Teaching English as an International Language
<p>It is time for change in the world of English language teaching. The dominant view and practice of teaching English as a neutral, straight-forward act of imparting “objective” grammatical, phonological and semantic knowledge to passive students does not serve the interest or needs of the …
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How Communication Happens Among a Multicultural Staff: A Case Study of an International Language School in Northern Virginia
… happens among a multicultural staff of a language school in Northern Virginia. The document is divided into three sections: the proposal, the submission-ready manuscript, and the practitioner recommendations. The first section presents the research question, purpose of the study, …
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Needs-Analysis-Informed Teaching for English for Specific Purposes
<p>Reconceptualization is needed for English language teaching as a response to English-as-an-international language (EIL) contexts. Correspondingly this will lead to what is called “an ecological approach” that invites accommodation of language-learning instruction to the local needs within …
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Peer coaching as an effective tool in a teacher development program
… assist each other rethink their own practice and develop teaching skills to achieve higher levels of instructional performance (Cosh, 1999; Farrel, 2001; Gottesman, 2000; Joyce & Showers, 1982, 1984, 1996; Moffett, John & Isken (1987); Sparks & Bruder, 1987). Peer Coaching nurtures reflection …
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Paper 1: The myth of the native speaker and Paper 2: Linguistic imperialist or cultural ambassador? The native English teacher in Japan
… second of three modules concerned with narrative and identity in English language teaching. In Module 1, I introduced conversational narrative and examined ways in which descriptions of conversational narrative might be applicable to the development of pedagogic models for teaching English to …
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Linguistic Variations Between Cajun French, Pedagogical French, And Mississippi Gulf Coast French
… three dialects of French in various stages of language death. Those dialects are Pedagogical French, an international language, Cajun French, an obsolescing language, and Mississippi Gulf Coast French, an extinct language. In order to determine the degree of variation, thirty-two lexical items …
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An investigation of teachers' reactions to an inservice teacher education program based on reflection and action
Conferences on language teacher education are being held all over the world displaying marked emphases on inservice teacher education and programs that are teacher-learner-centered, context-sensitive, and which, through reflection and collaborative action research, allow teachers to further their …
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Gaining Pragmatic Competence in English as a Second and a Foreign Language: The Effects of the Learning Environment and Overall L2 Proficiency
… the influence of the learning environment and overall L2 proficiency on the development of pragmatic competence, with reference to grammatical competence. Participants were three groups of English language learners: 120 international students who speak English as a second language from a …
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Protest Movements of the 1960s - 1970s in Latin America and the United States
<p>Music is an integral part of a complex transcultural and political connection that exists between Latin America and the United States. Exploring the transnational culture of music in the Americas, this project considers the historical and socio-political issues which contribute to this …
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English as the International Language of Science: A Case Study of Mexican Scientists' Writing for Publication
… findings is imperative for scientific advancement. However, the domination of English as an international language of science (EILS) has placed a potentially inequitable burden on multilingual periphery scholars attempting to disseminate their research findings in indexed scientific …
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Visual Analysis of E-Textbooks for Senior High School in Indonesia
… electronic textbooks for grades ten, eleven, and twelve in Indonesia. Qualitative visual content analysis was employed as the methodology of the research. The analysis focused on whether these e-textbooks accommodated the religious, gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity of the students. …
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Translators and interpreters as adopters and agents of diffusion of planned lexical innovations: The francophone case
A study was conducted of francophone translators and interpreters as adopters and agents of planned lexical innovations promoted by the French government. The two major research questions were: (a) whether there are relationships between sociocultural, sociolinguistic, and socioprofessional …
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English as a second racism: A Marxist approach to acceptability of article variation across racialized varieties of English’s
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Digital storytelling as an astronomy disciplinary literacy enhancement approach for adolescent Kyrgyzstani EFL students
… storytelling (DST) video-making intervention in an astronomy course (STEM-A) on EFL students’ STEM-A disciplinary literacy acquisition in English. The research was motivated by the increased significance of English as an international language of STEM instruction and addressed the transition …
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Language in the Mirror: Language Ideologies, Schooling and Islam in Qatar
My study explores language ideologies in the capital city of Doha, Qatar, where school reform movements are placing greater emphasis on English language acquisition. Through ethnography and a revised theory of language ideologies, I argue that as languages come in greater contact in multi-lingual …
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BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN LANGUAGE TUTORS DURING PRIVATE TUTORING
… people who share the same domain--enables second-language learners to facilitate their acquisition of English by embracing new learning strategies while they learn the target language. The community of tutors’ perspective allows for the incorporation of the individual’s particular …