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Taqi, Hanan A.; Akbar, Rahima S. – International Education Studies, 2015
The teaching of native-like accents has been the aim of many EFL educationists long ago; however, this concept is heading towards a major change. Hence, the idea of this paper is based on Jenkins' (2000 & 2002) theory of English as an International Language (EIL). Jenkins' theory analyses the use of English by non-natives speakers (NNS) where…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction, College Students
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Cozart, Deanna L.; Rojewski, Jay W. – SAGE Open, 2015
There are more Chinese student-scholars than any other group of international students studying in the United States. Despite this, there are relatively few studies that have focused on specific educational needs and required career support services for Chinese international students. This exploratory study was conducted to determine the…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Students, Cultural Differences, Occupational Aspiration
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Guan, Shu-Sha Angie; Nash, Afaf; Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This study examines how language and culture brokering (translating and interpreting language and culture for others) influences the acculturative experiences and self-perceptions of young adults from immigrant Arab, Asian, and Latino American backgrounds. Semi-structured interviews with 10 participants suggest that mediating information for…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Ethnic Groups, Multilingualism
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Mueller, Charles M.; Jacobsen, Natalia D. – ReCALL, 2016
Qualitative research focusing primarily on advanced-proficiency second language (L2) learners suggests that online corpora can function as useful reference tools for language learners, especially when addressing phraseological issues. However, the feasibility and effectiveness of online corpus consultation for learners at a basic level of L2…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Qualitative Research, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
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Cori Jakubiak; Peter Smagorinsky – Journal of English as an International Language, 2016
Volunteer tourism is defined as short-term, alternative travel that combines unskilled, voluntary service with holidaying, generally in the Global South. Approximately one-third of all volunteer tourism programs involve teaching the English language or other subjects. This study analyzes application essays submitted to a non-governmental…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Volunteers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Li, Shuai; Taguchi, Naoko – Modern Language Journal, 2014
This study investigated the effects of input-based and output-based practice on the development of accuracy and speed in recognizing and producing request-making forms in L2 Chinese. Fifty American learners of Chinese with intermediate level proficiency were randomly assigned to an input-based training group, an output-based training group, or a…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Input, Oral Language
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Castillo, Linda G.; Zahn, Marion P.; Cano, Miguel A. – Journal of College Counseling, 2012
The authors examined the predictors of familial acculturative stress in 85 Asian American college students. Participants were primarily 1st- and 2nd-generation U.S. citizens. Results showed that perceived acculturative family conflict and family intragroup marginalization were related to higher levels of familial acculturative stress for…
Descriptors: College Students, Asian Americans, North Americans, Predictor Variables
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Matsunobu, Koji – British Journal of Music Education, 2012
In this paper the role of spirituality in learning music for North American adult students is explored by examining the case of shakuhachi music. One distinctive character of engaging in music through the shakuhachi is that it facilitates the attainment of an "optimal relationship" between the practitioners" musical pursuit and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Adult Students, Religious Factors
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Nebel, Jacob – Journal of Peace Education, 2012
Nuclear disarmament is a global ambition and requires collaboration, but who is collaborating, and what are their roles? This paper discusses the role of the American people in the path towards zero. Scholars have discussed at length the historical lessons of the global disarmament movement, and activists have worked to rekindle the movement after…
Descriptors: Weapons, Peace, Cooperation, Role
Laigo, Reginald H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examines the sustainability of international branch campuses by applying the "faculty migration" framework (Matier, 1988) from faculty recruitment literature to identify the incentives that influenced American faculty to work at branch campuses in Qatar's Education City. The purpose of this study was to determine the specific…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Recruitment, Foreign Countries, Sustainability
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Czerwionka, Lori; Cuza, Alejandro – Hispania, 2017
The current study examines English-speaking learners of Spanish and their pragmatic development of request forms during a six-week immersion program in Madrid, Spain. Elicited production and intuition data were analyzed, focusing on personal deictic orientation, directness evidenced by clause type, and the use of "por favor"…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
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Panina, Daria; Kroumova, Maya – Journal of International Education Research, 2015
There are important cultural differences in attitudes towards and use of electronic text communication. Consistent with Hall's high-context/low-context conceptualization of culture, electronic inter-cultural communication, just as verbal inter-cultural communication, is affected by the culturally-specific assumptions and preferences of message…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Differences, Preferences
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Kobayashi, Junko; Viswat, Linda – Journal of International Students, 2015
This paper identifies and analyzes intercultural problems through surveys of homestay programs with Japanese students and American host mothers. Given that participants need to go beyond their cognitive knowledge to interact effectively with people from other cultures, a relational approach may be more effective than traditional intercultural…
Descriptors: International Education, Asians, North Americans, Mothers
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Thody, Angela – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
This study of emeritus professors at an English university aims to stimulate debate about their professional and leisure activities in retirement, how much use they make of their university's facilities and how much use their universities make of them. It reveals that about half remain very happily active in teaching and research, though not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, North Americans, College Faculty, Retirement
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Terry, Nicole Patton – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2014
Children's spoken nonmainstream American English (NMAE) dialect use and their knowledge about phonological representations of word pronunciations were assessed in a sample of 105 children in kindergarten through second grade. Children were given expressive and receptive tasks with dialect-sensitive stimuli. Students who produced many NMAE…
Descriptors: Phonology, Nonstandard Dialects, North American English, Metalinguistics
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