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Wenzhong, Zhu; Muchun, Wan – English Language Teaching, 2015
Second language acquisition (SLA) as a sub-branch of applied linguistics has been researched by Chinese and foreign scholars for over 40 years, but few researches have been done on its implications for Business English teaching which needs more language teaching theories to support. This paper makes a review of related studies, and puts forward a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, English (Second Language), English Instruction
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Clark, Rose; Gieve, S. N. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2006
Characterisations of "the Chinese learner" in education and applied linguistics have frequently taken a "large culture" approach, which involves describing the values, attitudes and learning practices of individuals in terms of fixed, homogeneous, reified national cultures. A shared Confucian cultural heritage is offered by way…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cultural Background, Social Influences, Cultural Differences
Luk, Jasmine C. M.; Lin, Angel M. Y. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
This book is about native English speakers teaching English as a global language in non-English speaking countries. Through analysis of naturally occurring dialogic encounters, the authors examine the multifaceted ways in which teachers and students utilize diverse communicative resources to construct, display, and negotiate their identities as…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Speech Communication, Learning Motivation