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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"non-native English speaking"”.
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Exploring Metacognitive Online Reading Strategies of Non-Native English-Speaking Translation Students
… admitting students who do not require remedial English classes. Reading online has become an integrated part of college education, which requires students to have additional skills. Awareness and usage of online reading strategies, known as metacognitive online reading strategies, are proven …
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Speaking up! Adult ESL students' perceptions of native and non-native English speaking teachers.
Research to date on the native versus non-native English speaker teacher (NEST versus non-NEST) debate has primarily focused on teacher self-perception and performance. A neglected, but essential, viewpoint on this issue comes from English as a second language (ESL) students themselves. This study …
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Whose Voices? Perceptions Concerning Native English Speaking and Non-Native English Speaking Tutors in the Writing Center
… of this study was to determine the roles that Native English speaking (NES) and non-native English speaking (NNES) tutors play in sessions with NES and NNES tutees in a U.S. Midwestern university's writing center, according to the perceptions of both types of tutors and tutees. The study also …
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It is "broken" and "accented": Non-native English-speaking (NNES) Graduate Students' Perceptions toward NNES Instructors' English
<p>This study investigates the perceptions of non-native English-speaking graduate students towards non-native English speaking (NNES) instructors’ accented English. Students (N=161) who were enrolled in an oral English course at Purdue University participated in a survey. Follow-up interviews were …
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"I Could Not Understand Anything They Said!": Non-Native English Speaking Instructors, Online Learning, and Student Anxiety
<p>Non-native English speaking (NNES) instructors are often rated lower within course evaluations and are typically criticized for their accents (Rubin, 1992; Subtirelu, 2015). Reasonings behind this have not been researched much in terms of online education, though the relevance of this topic is …
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The Experiences of Non-Native English Speaking Teachers and Their Professional Identity Constructions in an ESL Context
Based on the findings that NNES teachers' English competency was deeply related to their professional identity constructions, an implication of the study is that TESOL teacher education programs should provide safe opportunities for NNES teaching assistants and instructors to further develop their …
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences of non-native English-speaking doctoral candidates in the successful completion of study
… slow completion of study, and particularly for non-native English-speaking doctoral candidates. This study uses the conceptual framework of comparative Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to understand the lived experiences of two groups of non-native English-speaking doctoral …
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Does speech prosody matter in health communication? Evidence from native and non-native English speaking medical students in a simulated clinical interaction
… communication, the prosodic differences between native and non-native English speaking medical students in a simulated clinical interaction, and the influence of prosodic features on listeners’ perceptions of professional attitudes were addressed. A set of acoustic parameters representing the …
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Instructional Design Implications for Non-native English Speaking Graduate Students: Perceptions on Intercultural Communicative Competences and Instructional Design Strategies for Socially Engaged Learning
… place with students from a variety of cultures. Non-native English speaking (NNS) graduate students are a group representing diverse cultural backgrounds. However, these students' challenges in linguistic and socio-cultural adjustment impact their effective learning and academic success. …
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A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF EXPERIENCES OF NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH THE INTERNET-BASED TEST OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
First-person reports of perceptions and experiences of test takers is lacking in the literature. All stakeholders add to the understanding of the test. However, the test takers are the only stakeholders who have the experience of preparing for the test, taking the test, and living with the …
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East Asian and non-East Asian non-native English-speaking teachers’ navigation of identity and experiences as ESL teachers in the U.S. public school system
… because they face challenges in the form of the native speaker fallacy, microaggressions, and self-doubt. This paper shares the results of a qualitative analysis of three East Asian and three non-East Asian non-native English-speaking ESL teachers to understand how appearance, culture, language, …
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Impact of communication competence on acceptance, performance perception, and career development: a mixed methods study of the experiences of non-native English-speaking employees in corporate America
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Evaluation of NES and NNES students' perceptions of NES and NNES instructors in Engineering
… TAs/instructors. The previous literature on native English speaking students' perceptions of Non-Native-English-Speaking instructors has shown that language barriers and accents have been a cause for difficulties within the class between instructors and students. Thus, this paper aims to look …
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Language policy implementers: Faculty perspectives on language policy at a Southeastern U.S. University
… the role of language as it related primarily to non-native English speaking students. This study found that most faculty members believe their classrooms are sites of de facto English-only language policies and are therefore unwittingly recreating de jure state language policies within their …
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Une sensibilisation à la littérature et son incidence sur le développement langagier de trois enseignants d'anglais langue seconde dont l'anglais n'est pas la langue maternelle
… to the reading of authentic literary texts by non-native English speaking teachers (non-NESTs), a cohort recent research has shown desires more access, in both understanding and use, to the kind of pragmatic language use that marks native-speaker usage, and which can be found in literary …
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Locating linguistic power relationships: A glimpse into transnational feminist dialogue through comparison of major feminist publications in the US and China (2000-2012)
<p>Does the use of English as a universal language in the transnational feminist dialogue empower women globally? In what way does English shape the flow of conversation by circulating some feminist knowledge while neglecting others? Through conducting content analysis research on major feminist …
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Cognitive Processes in Second Language Reading (Orthography, Cognition, Bilingualism)
… cross-linguistic experiments were conducted with native speakers of four languages--Arabic, English, Japanese, and Spanish (N = 83). Experimental tasks involved (a) short-term memory recall, (b) reading with Sanskrit symbols, (c) lexical decision-making, and (d) reading with heterographic …
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Learnings from the Impact of Online Learning on Elementary Students' Mental and Social-emotional Well-being Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
… public primary schools and mostly bilingual and non-native English-speaking parents in Marin County. The findings of these interviews highlighted that students don’t equate to academic selves, that the level of expected responsiveness was surprisingly high while online, and that new connections …
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