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Nguyen, Trang Thi Thuy – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
This article examines English and Chinese language ideologies among Vietnamese students in Taiwan, focusing on their beliefs about the value or benefits of the languages and their self-construction as reflected in these beliefs. Data were obtained from semi-structured interviews with students of English-medium programs in Taiwanese universities.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Padilla, Hoang-Thuy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study addresses racial segregation in schools by examining the self-selecting patterns of middle class Asian immigrant parents in a public non-charter school district who enrolled their children in specialized academic programs. This phenomenological study focused on the educational history and the decision-making process of school choice in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Immigrants, School Choice, Middle Class
Matsuoka, Rieko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2008
The main purposes of this study are: (a) to identify the constructs that may generate communication apprehension and to investigate how they influence communication apprehension and reduce the level of willingness to communicate; and (b) to explore the basic mentality underlying these constructs. The data were obtained from semi-structured…
Descriptors: College Students, Interviews, Anxiety, Females