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Islamic Public Administration in Practice: The Taliban's “Gender Apartheid” Governance in Afghanistan

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim, Jean‐Patrick Villeneuve   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Needs Analysis in ESP as a Motivator and Means to Optimise Academic ESP Courses

English Studies at NBU, 2023
The paper presents the results of a needs analysis conducted to optimise the academic ESP courses at a Bulgarian university. There are few studies on the issue in Bulgaria unlike the global situation with universities and employers studying the ESP needs
Albena Stefanova, Denitsa Bozeva
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Providing a Gender Perspective on Sustainability Competences and Pedagogical Approaches: Experiences of Students From 17 International Case Studies

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the last three decades, higher education institutions (HEIs) have integrated sustainability into their curricula. Recent research has focused on sustainability competences and pedagogical approaches, and how the latter foster the development of the former. Previous studies have examined the connections between pedagogical approaches and
Gabriela Ortiz‐Martínez, Maria Barreiro‐Gen, Jordi Segalàs, Alberto Mendoza, Sandra Caeiro, João Simão, Claudio Favi, Bartłomiej Gładysz, María Alló, Carmen Gago‐Cortés, Ubiratã Tortato, Ferenc Mónus, Sevket Bostanci, Márta Dobróné Tóth, Javier Benayas, María Teresa Jiménez Munguía, Déborah Xanat Flores Cervantes, René Alejandro Lara Díaz, Nelly Ramírez Corona, Cheryl Desha, Rob Hales, Jennifer Boddy, Ilija Djekic, Savindi Caldera, Orlando Sáenz, Leyla Azizi, Remmer Sassen, Rodrigo Lozano   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source

Needs analysis in an English for legal purposes context: A case study of Serbian law professionals [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
Teachers of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) often employ needs analysis to identify their students' most important needs and skill gaps. The focus of this study is on the needs and preferences of legal experts in the Republic of Serbia.
Gajić Tijana D.
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Enhancing General and Academic L2 Writing Complexity Through Dialogue Journal Writing: The Role of Learners' Motivational Beliefs

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Writing is crucial in tertiary education, yet enhancing the complexity of academic writing presents significant challenges for second language (L2) learners. This study explores the potential of dialogue journal writing (DJW), an interactive and low‐stress classroom activity, to enhance writing complexity among novice L2 writers.
Barry Lee Reynolds, Xiaoke Bai, Brian V. Rusk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Virtual Exchange for Teaching BELF Pragmatics: Developing an Online Negotiation Activity

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Teaching Business English (BE) is experiencing a paradigm shift to reflect the communicative needs of the global workplace. With the majority of interactions in English now taking place among multilingual speakers, there are increasing calls to integrate perspectives of English as a business lingua franca (BELF) into English language and ...
Miya Komori‐Glatz, Kaisa S. Pietikäinen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing the Change in the Status of a Language Teacher in University Governance through English Medium Instruction

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how a top‐down English medium instruction (EMI) decision changed a language teacher's status and participation in faculty governance in a graduate engineering school at a national university in Japan. Using a longitudinal single‐case design, the study follows one language teacher across the period from policy announcement
Ikuya Aizawa, Yuka Akiyama
wiley   +1 more source

CHALLENGES FACING THE ESP PRACTITIONER [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2015
The ESP teacher has to face certain challenges in his profession: One of the biggest challenges of the ESP teacher is the fact that he/she lacks the necessary knowledge of the subject to teach Business English, for instance, some researchers believing ...
SIMION MINODORA OTILIA
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GenAI‐Assisted Digital Multimodal Composing in TESOL Teacher Education

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explored how pre‐service TESOL teachers integrated GenAI tools into a Digital Multimodal Composing (DMC) project, composing a website, at a Hong Kong university. Specifically, it explored their decision‐making and cognitive engagement in the DMC process when they had autonomy in the use of GenAI tools.
Benjamin Luke Moorhouse, Christoph A. Hafner, Tsz Ying Ho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shared Vocabulary between Meiteilon and Tai Varieties and Pre‐Modern Language Contact on the Indo‐Myanmar Border1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines lexical and phonological evidence for language contact between Old and modern Meiteilon (Manipuri) and Tai varieties, identifying loanwords relating to domestic life, trade and literary culture. Comparative data from Shan dialects and Old Meiteilon manuscripts such as the Cheitharon Kumpapa are employed in contextualising
Josiah Medin
wiley   +1 more source