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Promoting English Speaking Confidence through Online Expanding Circle Communication [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 This study explores how expanding circle communication (i.e., intercultural communication between “non-native” speakers of English) boosts the confidence of Japanese EFL learners by developing a positive attitude toward their own English.
Saito Arifumi, Heo Younghyon
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Teaching English to Young Moslem Learners: Lessons Learned from an Expanding Circle Country
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 2023 A large number of research projects show an increasing interest in exploring English language teaching for young learners. Until recently, however, there has been little discussion about young Moslem learners who learn English in an expanding circle ...
Dedi Irwansyah
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World Englishes Representation in English Textbooks of Indonesian Elementary Schools
English Learning Innovation, 2023 This study aimed at investigating the representation of World Englishes (WE) in English textbooks used in elementary schools in Indonesia. Two English books for a sixth-graders were used as the data sources.
Rifka Nida Annisa +1 more
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Expanding the Romantic Circle [PDF]
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2020 AbstractOur romantic lives are influenced, to a large extent, by our perceptions of physical attractiveness – and the societal beauty standards that shape them. But what if we could free our desires from this fixation on looks? Science fiction writer Ted Chiang has explored this possibility in a fascinating short story – and scientific developments ...
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The External-and-Internal-Forces Model applied to the Japan context
Russian Journal of Linguistics, 2020 This article considers the Buschfeld-Kautzsch EIF (External and Internal Forces) model from the perspective of the Japan context. The model was developed as an enhancement to Schneiders Dynamic Model of Postcolonial Englishes, which is itself an ...
James D’Angelo, Saya Ike
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Representation of inner, outer and expanding circle varieties and cultures in global ELT textbooks
Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2020 The rise of world Englishes has challenged the emphasis on native-speaker accents and cultures in English language teaching. This study aimed to investigate the representation of world Englishes and cultures in three global language teaching textbooks ...
Zia Tajeddin, Maryam Pakzadian
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Varieties of English and Kachru’s Expanding Circle
Russian Journal of Linguistics, 2020 In this overview article, we present the motivations for compiling this issue of RJL and summarize the major premises of the World Englishes (WE) Paradigm.
Zoya G. Proshina, Cecil L. Nelson
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Journal of Innovation in Educational and Cultural Research, 2022 This study examines the multicultural contents in two international textbooks entitled New Interchange Fifth Edition used in Indonesia for English foreign language (EFL) students to underlying the multicultural values.
Reni Puspitasari Dwi Lestariyana +1 more
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English as a Lingua Franca from an applied linguistics perspective: In the context of Japan
Russian Journal of Linguistics, 2020 For the past two decades, the concept of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) has been a topic of much debate among researchers in the global use of English, including those involved in English language teaching (ELT).
Nobuyuki Hino
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Developing a Textbook Evaluation Scheme for the Expanding Circle [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2012 Among the four important factors in the educational contexts, namely, teachers, learners, textbooks and contexts, textbooks play an important role in English Language Teaching (ELT), particularly in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom where
Seyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo
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