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Law, Wai Ling – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In diglossic contexts, when speakers typically use two different languages on a regular basis, bilingual speakers display a wide array of attitudes towards each of their languages and associated cultures (Galindo, 1995) and such variability in attitudes can affect their linguistic behaviors (Lambert, Hodgson, Gardner & Fillenbaum, 1960).…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Phonetics, Dialects, Language Attitudes
Robinson, Erin Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This exploratory study investigated teachers' cultural competency and their students' engagement within international high schools located in Hong Kong. Cultural competency is defined as a combination of knowledge about cultural groups as well as attitudes towards and skills for dealing with cultural diversity (Betancourt, 2003). The literature…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Learner Engagement, International Schools, Cultural Pluralism