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Intercultural learning in the context of study abroad a role in second foreign language acquisition [PDF]

, 2008
This study aims to explore the effects of intercultural learning on SLA (Second/Foreign Language Acquisition) by drawing upon quantitative and qualitative research.
Tsai, Yau
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Membership‐Making in Diverse Societies: Revisiting the Idea of Society as a Common Possession

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The traditional aim of Western social democracy has been to create a society that is a ‘common possession’ of its members (in T.H. Marshall's words). Social democratic politics has therefore been both society‐making and membership‐making, orienting people to a shared society as an object of attachment and loyalty, and nurturing membership ...
Will Kymlicka
wiley   +1 more source

Legacy and the Politics of Racial Terminology

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When a term carries a sordid past, it is tempting to think it should have no future use. Yet the normative life of a word is rarely exhausted by its origins. This article develops legacy analysis as a method for enriching evaluation of what should be done with historically burdened terms. Rather than treating origins as decisive, the framework
Paul‐Mikhail Catapang Podosky
wiley   +1 more source

Moving from primary to secondary education: an investigation into the effect of primary to secondary transition on motivation for language learning and foreign language proficiency

, 2014
Despite the fact that the primary languages initiative was not made compulsory in 2011, excellent progress has been made in implementing primary language teaching in the majority of English schools.
Courtney, Louise Mary
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The Reality and Direction of Korean Dental Hygiene Education in the Super‐Aged Society

Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aims to analyze the structural features and key issues of dental hygiene education and the national licensing examination in response to a super‐aged society. To this end, the current status and challenges of Korea's dental hygiene education system are reviewed, and comparative analyses of corresponding systems in the ...
Ji‐Won Choi, Jeewan Chun, Sang‐Hwan Oh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speaking accuracy and fluency among EFL learners: The role of creative thinking, emotional intelligence, and academic enthusiasm

Heliyon
This study examines the associations between speaking accuracy and fluency among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners and emotional intelligence (EI), creative thinking (CT), and academic enthusiasm (AE).
Wenli Wang, Yasaman Mohammad Rezaei, Siros Izadpanah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond Ecological Neutrality: A LatCrit, Borderlands, and Community Cultural Wealth Framework for School Counselors Working With Undocumented Latinx Students

Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT School counselors working with undocumented Latinx students have increasingly drawn on Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, yet this framework carries an epistemological limitation: it treats surrounding systems as structurally neutral, obscuring racialized mechanisms of exclusion and endangerment.
Robert R. Martinez Jr., Juan F. Carrillo
wiley   +1 more source

When Does Top Management Team Diversity Matter in Large Organizations?

Journal of Organizational Behavior, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Top management teams (TMTs) drive strategic leadership, but there is little clarity on when the composition of these upper echelons most impacts organization performance. Drawing from the categorization‐elaboration model, we study an 18‐year sample of approximately 4500 organizations and over 32 000 executives and find a positive relationship ...
Frances Fabian, James M. Plečnik, Shan Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting the implementation of primary school English language teaching programs in Turkey

, 2019
Due to the influence of globalization and endeavors to meet the demands of the changing world, English has been taught as a foreign language in Turkey for years, and English language teaching programs (ELTP) in Turkey has gone through three major changes
Erarslan, Ali
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An investigation into how Chinese college students make sense of films and TV series from an intercultural perspective: Implications for English language teaching [PDF]

, 2011
This study investigates how Chinese College Students (CCSs) make sense of foreign films and TV series from an intercultural perspective, and then explores the theoretical and pedagogical implications of the findings on the use of foreign films and TV ...
YANG, HUI
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