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SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT, ADDRESS FORMS AND COMMUNICATIVE STYLES (A CASE STUDY OF BRITISH AND INDIAN ENGLISHES)

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2019
The purpose of this study is to identify differences in the use of Address Forms for an unfamiliar addressee in British and Indian English and explain them through a sociocultural context.
Tatiana V. Larina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prosodic transcription of Glasgow English: an evaluation study of GlaToBI [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
GlaToBI, a version of the ToBI prosodic transcription system which can be used to transcribe the intonation patterns of western Scottish (Glasgow) English, is currently under development.
Aylett, M., Ladd, D. R., Mayo, C.
core   +1 more source

Understanding international students' agency in developing employability: Case study of a post‐1992 university in the United Kingdom

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Employability remains a critical issue for international students in the United Kingdom. This study adopts the Employability Agency Framework proposed by Pham et al. to explore how a group of international students actively exercised their agency to enhance their employability during their Master's studies in the United Kingdom.
Hoang Nguyen, Ming Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

The use of Malay Malaysian English in Malaysian English: Key considerations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Once, English was thought to be the ‘lingua franca’, understood by people around the world. This was because British English was introduced by the British Empire during the colonization era. After the myriad of colonies gained independence, however, one ‘
Ahmad Mahir, Normazla   +1 more
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International student agency in academic self‐formation: Mobility as agency situated within knowledge structures

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract With growing attention to student agency in academic and policy discourse, international education has become a prominent context for examining how students navigate new cultural, academic, linguistic and social environments. However, much of this discussion attributes student agency to the ‘international’ aspect, while overlooking the ...
Soyoung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

American and British English [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Is British English becoming more like American English? If so, why, and in what ways? This book compares examples of American and British language data from the 1930s, 1960s, 1990s and 2000s, to track the most important ways that both varieties are changing over time, and compares the extent to which they are following similar paths using a mixture of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Low-income homeowners in Britain: descriptive analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This report is based on findings from secondary analysis of a range of datasets, including the Family Resources Survey (2002/03 and 1995/96), the British Household Panel Study 1991-2002), the Families and Children Study (1999 and 2002), the Survey of ...
Meadows, P., Rogger, D.
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Sustaining the teaching profession: Innovating the ‘golden thread’ in university‐led teacher education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the implications of England's ‘golden thread’ policy framework for teacher education, which describes a state‐mandated, linear model of professional learning from initial teacher training and education through to continuing professional development.
Amanda Nuttall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
wiley   +1 more source

Brazilian Portuguese Words for Design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Brazilian Portuguese is the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, which has slight differences from the Portuguese spoken in Portugal. One may try to understand such differences by comparing them with the dissimilarities between the American English and the ...
Cassidy, Tracy Diane, Gies, Sheila
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