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Anh Tuy Ton-Nu; Loc Tan Nguyen – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
Pragmatics in the field of English language teaching has recently received increasing research interests, but studies on teachers learning to teach pragmatics are limited. The present study extends this research agenda by investigating how well second/foreign language preservice teacher education (SLPTE) prepares teachers to teach pragmatics.…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Xu, Zhichang – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
The English language has been going through a dual process of globalization and nativization. The globalization of English renders the language into a global lingua franca and an international language, whereas the nativization of English diversifies it into varieties of English, namely, World Englishes. Such 'glocalization' of English has…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Global Approach
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Kong, Melinda L. F. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
With the globalization and internationalization of education, many teachers from Asian countries pursue their professional development in English-speaking settings. However, there seems to be scarce research on these teachers' expectations, lived experiences and identities in these contexts, and how their personal experiences influence their views…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Phakiti, Aek; Li, Lulu – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2011
This article reports on an empirical study that examines general academic difficulties, and academic reading and writing difficulties among Asian ESL (English as a Second Language) international postgraduate students who are completing a Master's Degree in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at an Australian university. The…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Self Efficacy, Interviews, Measures (Individuals)