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Qun Zheng; Tae-Hee Choi – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2024
Joining the tide of global internationalisation of higher education, Chinese universities have embraced English-medium instruction (EMI) as a strategic response. The adoption of EMI is to comply with government mandates and for institutional survival, as it will increase the international ranking and bring in more income from international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language of Instruction, English, Educational Policy
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Pongpol Suansri; Supong Tangkiengsirisin – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
The rising status of English as a global language prompts a call for a paradigm shift in English language teaching in order to correspond to the new sociolinguistic landscape. However, studies related to English language assessment, which can catalyze the transformation especially in a test-oriented context like Thailand, remain limited. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Secondary School Teachers, Language Usage
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Benmokhtari, Hicham – Arab World English Journal, 2021
The neck-breaking changes imposed by the process of globalization demand a reconsideration of the mundane scholarly dealings. The constant need for communication in a scientific area to keep pace with the continuing advancements and the newly published research works, mainly in the Speech-language Pathology branch, pushes the researcher to look…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Nganga, Lydiah; Madrid Akpovo, Samara; Thapa, Sapna; Mwangi, Agnes Muthoni – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2020
Research shows that modern forms of colonization are vested with globalizing discourses which include early childhood education, gender, and curriculum policies and practices that are Euro-western based. In this collaborative qualitative study, four ethnographic researchers--two who conduct research in Nepal and two who conduct research in…
Descriptors: Foreign Policy, Ethnography, Global Approach, Resilience (Psychology)
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Akteruzzaman, Mohammad; Islam, Rakibul – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2017
As a third world country and a former British colony, Bangladesh has seen a dramatic upsurge in the use of the English language. Built on the concept of imperialistic aspects of the English language, this paper draws on responses from anonymous survey results and interviews and attempts to provide deeper insights into the global aspects of English…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Global Approach, Interviews
Okada, Tricia; Milliner, Brett; Ogane, Ethel; Leichsenring, Andrew; Imai, Mitsuko; Cote, Travis; McBride, Paul – Online Submission, 2015
English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) refers to the use of English as a contact language between people who have different first languages, including native English speakers (Jenkins, 2014). "ELF is simultaneously the consequence and the principal language medium of globalizing processes" (Jenkins, Cogo, & Dewey, 2011, p. 303). In…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Official Languages, Language Role, Foreign Countries
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Mahili, Ifigenia – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
Today's corporate world is in a state of flux. The globalisation of business activity and the escalating economic crises force even small/medium enterprises to become international. This impacts on the competitiveness, profitability and survival of organisations, and as a result the companies' recruitment strategies and language policies,…
Descriptors: Greek, Global Approach, Business Communication, Language Usage