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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"international communication"”.
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Chinese Englishes: History, Contexts, and Texts
… in terms of English as a medium of intranational communication and English for international communication. This cline of proficiency is best represented by a polymodel (Kachru 1982b and later) which includes intelligibility levels, acquisitional stages, and regional differences. In certain …
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Šiuolaikinė diplomatija kaip kokybiškai nauja valstybių komunikacijos forma /
… work is modern diplomacy and its relation with international communication, especially between states. It means interstate communication. The main aim of this work is to prove that modern diplomacy remains the main form of interstate communication, despite of all the changes happened in the …
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Communication challenges facing internationalisation of higher education at University of Zululand
… selling products from each across national and international borders. In addition the expansion in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has changed the nature in which education is offered and consumed internationally. Globalisation and the spiralling evolution of ICTs has become …
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Using automatic speech recognition to evaluate Arabic to English transliteration
Increased travel and international communication has led to an increased need for transliteration of Arabic proper names for people, places, technical terms and organisations. There are a variety of available Arabic to English transliteration systems such as Unicode, the Buckwalter Arabic …
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Application of Project Management in Study Abroad Project
The Office of International Services and Programs is a major component of the Institute for Global Initiatives, and is also an important department of Kennesaw State University. With the awareness of internationalization and global integration, it shares different cultures and customs, serves and …
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION (ELE) AS A MARK OF SOCIAL DISTINCTION IN TAIWAN: BUXIBANS, ELE TEACHERS DISCOURSE, AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
… Taiwan because it is the preferred language for international communication. The belief in social mobility is the rationale for learning the English language. This study examines how the predominance of the English language creates internal conflicts and competition among groups. The role of …
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The need for a culture-sensitive approach to teacher education in English as a foreign language
… is based on I lungarian experience but an international relevance is also demonstrated. The two projects are each placed in the wider context of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL), and thus they provide evidence that besides preserving some universally valid elements of teacher …
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Learner Attitudes Toward Studying English in a Rural Japanese University: Motivation, WTC, and Preferences for Instructional Activities
… was measured with the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC). The participants were 238 Economics and Management majors enrolled in required English courses. They completed a 44-item L2 motivation and preferences for instructional activities questionnaire, a 30-item L2 WTC …
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An action research study of pronunciation training, language learning strategies and speaking confidence
English is a vehicle for international 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 …
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English as a lingua franca: developing a tool to improve international business communication
In this project, I investigated the challenges of communication in international teams that use English as their lingua franca in a business setting. The project’s intention was to develop a training or coaching product (the doctoral artefact) that would help native speakers of English adjust …
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Naming and discovery in networks : architecture and economics
… available to the academic community into an international communication infrastructure. Despite its tremendous success, there is a growing consensus in the research community that the Internet has architectural limitations that need to be addressed in a effort to design a future Internet. …
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Teachers' Perception of the English Language Curriculum in Libyan Public Schools: An Investigation and Assessment of Implementation Process of English Curriculum in Libyan Public High Schools
… English has become a necessary tool of international communication in many areas such as education, business, politics, commerce, science, and technology throughout the world. Also, English has become the most widely taught foreign language in the world (Kachru &Nelson, 1996). Moreover, …
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Desperately seeking depth: global and local narratives of the South African general elections on television news, 1994 - 2014
… Seeking Depth", examines this trend in both international and local news about South African elections. While scholarship of Western elections on TV news is blossoming, analyses of news coverage of South African elections is sparse. There is particularly little analysis of the visual …
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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
… area within English language teaching for international communication. Five aspects of nonverbal communication where there are pronounced differences between Thai and native English norms are investigated: facial expressions, eye contact and gaze, bodily communication, kinesics (touching), …
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The Complexity of Pronominal Address in Spanish: The Case of Hispanic Communities in Philadelphia and Their Linguistic Landscape
… (PoA), in the linguistic landscape and oral communication within Hispanic communities in Philadelphia. Based on the hypothesis that language is a complex, dynamic, and adaptive system, this study analyzes how a diasporic context adds an additional layer to the linguistic complexity of …
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Ideological Sinicization of China Central Television in Africa A Reception Analysis of African Audiences
… revived campaign for a new world information and communication order. The launch of CCTV-Africa in Nairobi, Kenya in January 2012 was a significant milestone in the ‘China media going global’ project initiated by the Chinese government in 2009. This research is aimed at conducting a reception …
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Lietuvos įvaizdžio kūrimas internete /
… image in such kind of society when using one-way communication process. It is feedback maintenance that is one of the most important parts of nation’s image creating process. Internet is a communication channel that is able to provide and effectively manage the feedback. Also it is internet that …
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The Nation as a Communicative Construct: Toward a Theory of Dialogic Nationalism
… in the context of rhetoric and the philosophy of communication. By exploring ancient tropes of nation through rhetorical figures such as Isocrates in Ancient Greece and Cicero in the Roman Republic; through Kant, the Enlightenment and modernity; and, through postmodern interpretations, I attempt …
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The Night Watchman: Hans Speier and the Making of the American National Security State
… in the Behavioral Sciences, and the program in international communication at MIT's Center for International Studies. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, witnessing ordinary Germans vote enthusiastically for Adolf Hitler engendered a skepticism of democracy in Speier and a cohort of social …
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