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Expanding and outer circle cultural content in English coursebooks commonly used in Serbia
Inovacije u Nastavi, 2018 The three core culture areas commonly covered by modern coursebooks are Inner Circle cultures (culture of countries where English is the first or dominant language), Outer Circle cultures (post-colonial countries where English plays a major role) and ...
Nenad M. Tomović, Maja M. Aleksić
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The inner circle revisited: the case of an egalitarian society [PDF]
Socio-Economic Review, 2018 The interlocks within the corporate elite in a highly egalitarian society, the negotiated economy of the Scandinavian welfare state of Denmark, are examined by critically reassessing Michael Useem’s notion of the inner circle. Using a new measure of social circles memberships based on proximity in social networks, we identify a cohesive core group of ...
Grau Larsen, Anton +1 more
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Journal of Edge Computing, 2023 The purpose of the article is to develop and verify with the help of mathematical modeling a software method of deploying a fault-tolerant computing cluster with a virtual machine, which consists of two physical servers (main and backup), on which a ...
Andrii V. Riabko +4 more
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ELT Echo: The Journal of English Language Teaching in Foreign Language Context, 2023 While a considerable number of English language users come from expanding-circle countries, international English proficiency tests like TOEFL and IELTS tend to model inner-circle varieties like British, North American, and Australian, implying that ...
Abyan Syam Zain, Willy Prasetya
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The Dictator's Inner Circle [PDF]
, 2014 We posit the problem of an autocrat who has to allocate access to the executive positions in his inner circle and de…ne the career pro…le of his own insiders. Statically, granting access to an executive post to a more experienced subordinate increases political returns to the post, but is more threatening to the leader in case of a coup.
Patrick Francois +2 more
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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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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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Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2013 The inspection of pipe inside is very important so as to ensure the safety of pipe transmission. The pipe defect detection method based on inside 3D points acquired by circle structured light vision system was discussed in this paper.
Wang Ying, Jin Cuiyun, Zhang Yanhui
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Lingual, 2021 There is evidence that contemporary Nigeria is drifting towards a society of monolingual English users, a component of which could be defined as lacking in ethno-linguistic identity. This trend is found among a generation of young Nigerian urban dwellers
Peter Ochefu Okpeh, James Udaa
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Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, 2014 This paper examines the pioneering model of World Englishes formulated by Kachru in the early 1980s that allocates the presence of English into three concentric circles: first of all, the inner circle (Great Britain, the USA) where the language functions
John Robert Schmitz
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