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Direct linkMuth, Sebastian – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
The focus of this paper is on Lithuania, where government policies continue to limit the use of Russian in education, the public space and the media, while the local economy has recognized proficiency in Russian as a commodity. This is particularly salient in the healthcare industry that grew significantly in the past years with patients from…
Descriptors: Russian, Patients, Tourism, Medical Services
Xie, Qing – Cogent Education, 2017
This article reports an investigative study on the target language use in and outside business English classrooms for non-English major undergraduates in a Chinese university context. The aims of the study are to identify the actual situation of target language use in business English teaching and to suggest ways for improvements. The study uses…
Descriptors: Business Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kouega, Jean-Paul – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016
This paper deals with language practices in one Pentecostal church in Cameroon, i.e. the Full Gospel Mission Cameroon (FGMC). The data are produced by some 80 pastors, church officials, choir leaders and congregants, and the settings are some 20 churches located in two anglophone regions and two francophone regions of Cameroon. The instruments…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Churches, Religious Cultural Groups, Foreign Countries
Quan, Tracy – Bilingual Research Journal, 2017
"Diálogos" is an English/Spanish parent group at a bilingual school in California that offers language classes to parents of varying socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Situated within Yosso's (2005) model of community cultural wealth, this case study argues that parents positively evaluate "Diálogos" as a space that builds…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Spanish Speaking, Case Studies
Manan, Syed Abdul; David, Maya Khemlani – Language and Education, 2014
This study critically examines the literacy levels of undergraduate students in Pakistan to compare and contrast the proficiency levels, particularly reading and writing of their mother tongues versus Urdu and English, and to study real and perceived vitality of local/regional mother tongues vis-à-vis Urdu and English. The research investigated…
Descriptors: Native Language, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Urdu
Dziugis, Mary Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
What are the chances of a dyad of Spanish-speaking strangers using informal address in casual, initial interactions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, today? To discover the pattern(s) of contemporary address, the Principal Investigator (PI) conducted a sociolinguistic experiment focusing on strangers' initial interactions to minimize the influence of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Participant Observation, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
