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Singlish in the classroom: native-speakerism and native and nonnative speaking teachers of English in Singapore

open access: yes, 2013
The notion of ‘native-speakerism’ in the field of English Language Teaching (Holliday, 2005, 2006) involves a cultural chauvinism said to originate in prevailing Western educational culture, whereby learners and teaching associates are ‘Othered’ to ...
Tweedie, Maurice Gregory
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Opportunities for learning amidst concerns of misuse: Secondary teachers' uses and perceptions of artificial intelligence

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has a growing influence on planning, teaching and assessment practices in education. In New Zealand, the Ministry of Education (2024) has acknowledged AI's expanding role in schools; nevertheless, limited data exist on teachers' practices and perspectives regarding its implementation.
Mohammed Tashmeer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language attitudes toward Global Englishes: Is Thai accented English our identity?

open access: yesStudies in English Language and Education
This study examines language attitudes toward Global Englishes (GE) among employees of multinational companies in Thailand’s Chonburi and Rayong provinces. Sequential mixed-method research is applied.
Monparath Charatwattananich   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do Governance Structures Drive Green Building Adoption? A Machine Learning Approach With Random Forests

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of firms' propensity to adopt green buildings in the Euro Stoxx 300 and the S&P 500 indices, during 2012–2023. Using random forest binary classifiers, we assess the relative importance of financial, sectoral, geographic, and climate governance predictors and uncover nonlinear relationships often overlooked ...
María del Carmen Valls Martínez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saudi university EFL learners’ perceptions of native vs. non-native English speaking teachers: implications for native-speakerism and teacher recruitment

open access: yesFrontiers in Education
This study examined Saudi EFL students' perceptions of native English-speaking teachers (NESTs), non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs), and experienced teachers with formal teaching qualification.
Israa Qari
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers' Intention to Use Circular Business Models: A Configurational Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular business models (CBMs) integrate ecological sustainability and resource efficiency into core business strategies, but their success depends on consumers' intention to use. Grounded in expectancy–value theory, this study investigates how product‐related factors (perceived usefulness, convenience, value for money, and performance risk ...
Christof Falkenberg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Hydrogen for Public Transportation: Insights From an ABM and From Palma de Mallorca Case Study

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The development of green hydrogen (GH2) value chains is crucial for decarbonizing sectors such as transport and industry. Their emergence, however, requires coordination among diverse actors, technologies, and regulations, which traditional analytical approaches struggle to capture.
Roberta De Cristofaro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Management Accounting in Private Hospitals: Navigating Competing Strategic Priorities for Sustainable Decision‐Making

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental management accounting (EMA) is increasingly recognised as essential for carbon governance, accountability and net zero transitions, yet research has overlooked how sustainability is negotiated within mission‐driven but commercially exposed service organisations such as private hospitals in developing economies, a sector often ...
M. M. Swalih, Ronita Ram, Edward Tew
wiley   +1 more source

Diversifying proficiency models in EFL programs

open access: yesRevista de Lenguas Modernas, 2018
In this study I analyze insights provided by students from the English Department in a Costa Rican University, as to why the over-reliance on videos/audios featuring only native speakers of mainstream US English can be counterproductive, as it constructs
Christian Fallas Escobar
doaj   +1 more source

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