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Jeffrey Dawala Wilang – SAGE Open, 2024
This paper presents the findings of a large-scale quantitative study, which involved surveying 1,184 undergraduates from a Thai science and technology university to assess both their general and language mindsets. The study's primary aims were to identify the prevalence of growth or fixed among these students, explore potential statistical…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics
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Meina Feng; Muhammad Noor Bin Abdul Aziz; Syarizan Dalib – SAGE Open, 2025
Many definitions and models of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) have emerged over the years, predominantly influenced by Euro-American perspectives. To explore this concept within diverse cultural contexts, this study delves into ICC in the Chinese setting using a qualitative approach. Byram's ICC model served as the theoretical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
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Saeko Toyoshima – SAGE Open, 2024
This study examines whether technology-based performance tasks can mediate communicating in English and enhance language learner engagement. This study investigated how low-proficiency Japanese English-language learners could change their attitude toward communicating in their target language by completing a performance task that involved making…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Alfghe, Abudalslam; Mohammadzadeh, Behbood – SAGE Open, 2021
This study investigates the three speech act strategies of request, suggestion and apology in Libyan Arab EFL undergraduate students (AREFLUS) and Amazigh EFL undergraduate students (AMEFLUS). It also examines their linguistic and pragmatic competence in these strategies. Two Libyan universities (Sebha and Zwara) are selected for the study, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Acts, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language)