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Local Tests of English in Global Contexts: A Malaysian Case Study
ABSTRACT Global tests of English are usually used globally and local tests locally. However, this global–local dichotomy has been challenged by test localisation, globalisation and glocalisation. An emerging critical question in this regard is whether local tests of English can be used locally and globally at the same time.
M. Obaidul Hamid, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob
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The Infrastructure of Glocalisation
This chapter argues that the persistence of the diaspora bonding cannot be explained solely by referring to shared identity since it needs to be accounted for how this identity persists and largely has remained similar across diaspora communities. Nor is it enough to argue that homeland India caters in the identity needs of the diaspora community. That
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Globalisation to glocalisation: a conceptual exploration [PDF]
The socio-cultural changes in Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Singapore, can be beneficially examined in terms of the concepts of globalisation and glocalisation.
Nik Zainun
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Localising Inclusion: Pre‐Service Teachers' Attitudes and Conceptualisations in Germany and Russia
ABSTRACT This study examines pre‐service teachers' (PSTs) attitudes towards inclusive education in Germany and Russia and investigates how they relate to teacher training curricula and teacher educators' discourse. A mixed‐methods design was used, including an online survey of PSTs (n = 460) with an open‐ended question, curriculum review and ...
Bibigul S. Iskakova +3 more
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Youth health, gender, and social media: Mauritius as a glocal place
The aim of this study was to investigate associations between social media use, self-reported health, dietary behaviours, and gender among young people living in Mauritius.
Komalsingh Rambaree +3 more
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Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English
ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
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Reviewing the cities’ role in Jeremiah 29 for missional theology and praxis in a glocal context
This article reviews the cities’ role in Jeremiah 29 for missional theology and praxis within a glocal context. Glocalisation is a relatively recent term of the 21st century which prominence grew since the late 1980s through increased travel, trade ...
Takalani A. Muswubi
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Kromi çan bllokadën – Albanian chromium mining revisited
Chromium mining was one of the main economic pillars of socialist Albania. In the 1990s, in the wake of the economic transition, extraction nearly stopped altogether.
Göler, Daniel +2 more
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Effective Visual Communication in Higher Education: Intercultural and Cross‐Cultural Design
Abstract This paper examines how undergraduate design students develop cultural sensitivity through a live brief by the Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), focusing on global‐local tensions in their responses. While prior studies address global‐local dynamics, few explore intercultural pedagogy in the United Kingdom live briefs.
Samantha Williams +2 more
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Abstract This conceptual inquiry addresses a gap in research on inclusion within Innovative Learning Environments (ILEs): while ILEs are widely promoted as inclusive, studies often focus on well‐resourced schools and overlook how policy and space intra‐act as mutually shaping processes that produce both inclusion and exclusion.
Erfan Heidari, Marian Mahat
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