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Litzenberg, Jason – Applied Linguistics, 2021
This article considers Intensive English Programs (IEPs) affiliated with higher education institutions of the Global North from the perspective of a decolonial option in which English is viewed as a tool of modernity used for colonization and the maintenance of unequal socioeconomic and power structures. Via nuanced description (Pennycook and…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ellis, James – Thought Currents in English Literature, 1993
A study investigated the relationship between language contacts made outside of the classroom by Japanese foreign students and how those contacts affect their participation within the classroom and their overall academic performance. Subjects were 32 university students from Japan enrolled in an intensive language program. All of the students had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Traits