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Peer reviewedBrown, R. A. – Visible Language, 1991
Examines societies in which varieties and degrees of literacy are possible or ordinary, such as Japan and Korea. Finds that these societies have separate but functionally interrelated writing systems, used for communicatively disparate purposes, differential mastery of which, consequently, has social and economic repercussions. Finds that…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Direct linkDavis, John McE. – Language Learning, 2007
The study examines how learner biases toward a particular national type of English affect interlanguage pragmatics. Specifically, this study assesses the degree to which Korean ESL (English as a second language) students' preferences for North American English influence their willingness to use Australian-English routines while studying in…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Foreign Countries, North American English, Pragmatics
Download full textTruitt, Susan N. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1995
A study investigated the beliefs about language learning of 204 university students learning English as a Second Language (ESL) in Korea. The Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory and a questionnaire eliciting background information were administered to students in Korean. Results, when compared with other studies, indicate some differences in…
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, Cultural Context, Educational Attitudes
Kim, Byong Won – 1988
Reports on a study of barriers to success in learning English as a second language (ESL). The study incorporates data gathered from case studies of two Korean children (aged five and seven years), from the results of writing and reading tests of English administered to academically successful Korean high school students, and from the language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Kim, Jin-Wan – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1996
A study investigated linguistic, rhetorical, and strategic variables of the writing processes and products of 3 groups of graduate and undergraduate students: 28 native English-speaking Americans; 28 Koreans studying in the United States; and 90 Korean students in Korea. The last two groups were learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Data…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level
Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1995
Papers on foreign language education include: "Beliefs About Language Learning: A Study of Korean University Students Learning English" (Susan N. Truitt), which looked at the influence of cultural background and experience on language learning attitudes; "Motivation as a Two-Sided Coin: Motivational Differences Between College-Level…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Chinese, Classroom Communication, College Students
Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1996
Papers on foreign language education include: "The Message Is the Medium: Using Video Materials To Facilitate Foreign Language Performance" (Thomas J. Garza), which explores the use of this medium to enhance commonly-used non-communicative or text-bound teaching materials; "Product and Process Aspects of NES/EFL Students' Persuasive…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Essays, Foreign Countries
