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Dissake, Endurence Midinette Koumassol – Language Policy, 2022
Judicial discourse can grant or deprive liberty to litigants. It is, therefore, important to ensure fair hearing during trials and even more as courtrooms have become multilingual settings. In the Court of First Instance of Bafoussam, French (one of the official languages of Cameroon) often come into contact with more than 250 national languages.…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Court Litigation, Judges, French
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Atechi, Samuel; Angwah, Julius – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Teachers of English in Cameroon are proficient speakers of Cameroon English and their non-native status militates against their usage of Standard British English in the English language classrooms. This makes the attainment of British English thorny and perhaps impossible in Cameroon. Standing on that premise, we were motivated to find out…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Language Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Epoge, Napoleon – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The meaning of some phrasal verbs can be guessed from the meanings of the parts (to sit down = sit + down, run after = run + after) and the meaning of some others have to be learned (to put up (a visitor) = accommodate, to hold up = cause delay or try to rob someone) due to their syntactic and semantic complexities. In this regard, the syntactic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Phrase Structure
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Ambele, Eric A.; Boonsuk, Yusop; Buddharat, Chamaiporn – Arab World English Journal, 2018
In examining how English as a second language (ESL) learners process English formulaic expressions in a nonnative English context, this study aims to investigate the strategies that learners use and how first language (L1) culture and conceptual knowledge could influence the use of the strategies. This study is guided by the research question of…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, French, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Ekembe, Eric Enongene – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2014
Inteaction determines and affects the conditions of language acquisition especially in contexts where exposure to the target language is limited. This is believed to be successful only within the context of small classes (Chavez, 2009). This paper examines learners' progress resulting from interaction in large classes. Using pre-, post-, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Class Size, Cognitive Style
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Miller, Martin – English Language Teaching Journal, 1976
Comparative language tests in English and French were given to pupils of the Bilingual School, Buea, Republic of Cameroon, to measure the extent of bilingualism. The results showed that although English speakers made greater progress in learning French than vice versa, the system of language teaching has been a qualified success so far.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism