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García-Mateus, Suzanne – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
The two-way immersion dual language education program design includes the use of language labels to identify students as either the English speaker or the speaker of a language other than English. This paper examines four focal student and two teacher interviews to consider the ways in which the idea of a 'language expert' transpired during…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Native Language
Al-Khaza'leh, Bilal Ayed; ZainalAriff, Tun Nur Afizah – Dinamika Ilmu, 2015
The current study investigated the influence of context-external variables; social power (High, Equal and Low) and social distance (Familiar and Unfamiliar) on the perception of Jordanian and English speech act of apology. Discourse Completion Test (DCT) and Scaled Response Questionnaire (SRQ) were used to elicit data from three groups: 40…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Niroomand, Masoumeh – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present study was designed to examine the ways power relations influence politeness strategies in disagreement. The study was an attempt to find out whether different power status of people influences the the choice of appropriate politeness strategies and speech act of disagreement by Iranian EFL learners, in a university setting. A Discourse…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Power Structure, Language Proficiency
Mazur, Gertrud S. – Selecta, 1986
Problems in the second language classroom that hinder students from speaking the language freely and creatively arise from three sources: the teacher, the student, and the material. Problems involving the teacher include the common lack of an overall and inclusive definition of the course goal, the role and dysfunction of teacher "authority" in…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives

Leal, Maria Christina Diniz – Language Awareness, 1998
Reports a two-phase project aimed at developing critical language awareness through the teaching of Portuguese. During the first phase, 13-year-olds in a Brazilian state school evaluated their Portuguese lessons, and identified features they felt needed altering to develop critical awareness of language and social reality. Changes were proposed…
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries