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Mayumi, Kayoko; Zheng, Ying – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This study explored the language learning motivation of a small group of five university students in the UK through the constructs of Dornyei's L2 Motivational Self System and Henry's notion of 'the ideal multilingual self'. The five participants, all successful language learners at school, chose to specialise in modern languages at university and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Learning Motivation, Student Motivation
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Wu, Xueping; Ying, Fanggan – Convergence, 2009
The number of farmers in China has been more than 900 million since the mid 1990s. According to the China Villages Statistical Yearbook 2006, by the end of 2005 the number of farmers in China had reached 949.075 million, or 72.6 per cent of China's total population. The "three-dimensional rural issues" concerning agriculture, the…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Cultural Activities, Quality of Life, Rural Areas
Enarson, Harold L. – 1975
In this report Harold L. Enarson, President of Ohio State University, discusses a three-week study tour of China which he and heads of 11 other universities made in the fall of 1974. The author talks about his anticipations en route to China via Anchorage and Tokyo; shares his first impressions of China during an airport stop in Shanghai; and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Traits
Wei, Shiyuan; Zhou, Guangda – Chinese Education: A Journal of Translations, 1989
Describes the historical development of educational programs which could enhance the culture and knowledge of minorities in the mountainous regions of China. Identifies current major problems in minority education and lists statistical information for the school population. Provides guidelines for developing a minority education program. (KO)
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
Wu, Heng; Long, Pingping – Chinese Education: A Journal of Translations, 1989
Reports the results of a survey conducted to determine the conditions among minorities in the capital. Stresses the importance of culture and education in working with minorities if the eradication of traditional inequality among nationalities is to be eliminated. Concludes that many programs have been successful in developing educational programs…
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
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Willner, Mark – Social Science Record, 1987
Describes the 1986 Summer Institute in Global Education held on the campus of New York University. Through simulation, participants "traveled" to two of four global areas: China, Africa, Latin America, or South Asia. This article reports on the presentations, readings, and learning experiences offered on the China and India…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cultural Enrichment, Curriculum Development, Global Approach
Hsin, Yeh – Chinese Education, 1976
Must adhere to Mao's policy that education must serve proletarian politics, be combined with productive labor, enable everyone to develop fully, and enable workers to have both socialist consciousness and culture. (Author/ND)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Enrichment, Educational Objectives, Educational Opportunities
Grove, Neal, Ed. – 1986
The teaching of English in the People's Republic of China has received much attention in recent years. The two papers included here deal with the teaching of the English language and English and American literature to Chinese students. The first, a summary of a questionnaire survey, "Why Bother about Culture in English Language…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Exchange, English for Special Purposes
Gordon, Beate; Gordon, Joseph – 1965
The general aim of this booklet is to assist those who desire to increase their knowledge and appreciation of Asian cultures and, more specifically, to provide an additional dimension to the Asia Society's Dance Demonstration Program. Dance history, philosophical ideas of religion, accompanying rituals, the relationship of dance to music, and…
Descriptors: Asian History, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Cross Cultural Studies
Purcell, William L. – 1966
This publication provides a general background for appreciation of Asian music and explains some of the specific techniques of the Asian tonal art to those who have some formal knowledge of Western music. In addition to a brief introductory section which identifies basic differences of non-Western music, sections are included on the history,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Audiodisc Recordings, Cross Cultural Studies
White, Caryn; Levine, Bruce – 1988
The purpose of the East Asian Outreach Program at Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut) is to promote increased understanding of the East Asian countries of China, Japan, and Korea through educational and cultural programs and through the publication of this catalog which presents sources of print and nonprint resource materials for elementary,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Asian Studies, Catalogs
Richardson, Maurine V.; And Others – 1995
This paper presents an overview of three countries, China, Japan, and Korea, in the northeastern Asia region and provides a bibliography of children's literature from the area in the appendix. The document advocates that the global interdependence of societies necessitates an understanding of the cultures with which people must interrelate.…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian History, Asian Studies, Childrens Literature