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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Applied Linguistics in Its Disciplinary Context
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Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2010
Australia's current attempt to develop a process to evaluate the quality of research (Excellence in Research for Australia--ERA) places a central emphasis on the disciplinary organisation of academic work. This disciplinary focus poses particular problems for Applied Linguistics in Australia. This paper will examine Applied Linguistics in relation…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Research Methodology, Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries
The Ideology of Interculturality in Japanese Language-in-Education Policy
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Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
Language learning is frequently justified as a vehicle for promoting intercultural communication and understanding, and language-in-education policies have increasingly come to reflect this preoccupation in their rhetoric. This paper will examine the ways in which concepts relating to interculturality are constructed in Japanese language policy…
Descriptors: Ideology, Intercultural Communication, Educational Policy, Second Language Instruction
Culture for Language Learning in Australian Language-in-Education Policy
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Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2005
Australia's language-in-education policy documents have consistently included references to the place of "culture" in language teaching. This paper seeks to examine how the major national policies conceptualise culture and interculturality in relationship to languages education. For each policy, this study will analyse the language focus, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Language Planning, Second Language Learning
The Interaction of Discipline and Culture in Academic Writing.
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Golebiowski, Zosia; Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2002
Argues that consideration of discipline and culture are complex and interrelated issue in academic writing and that this complexity and interrelationship can be seen at several different levels in specialized academic texts. Reviews research on contrastive rhetoric to investigate the impact of cultural and disciplinary factors on text construction…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
The Role of Language Learning in Academic Education: An Overview.
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Liddicoat, Anthony J.; Crozet, Chantal; Jansen, Louise M.; Schmidt, Gabriele – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
College second language programs offer more to students than knowledge of the language. Language study can challenge students intellectually and creatively and contribute to their academic and social development, even when language study is begun at this level. Value is found in the substance, process, and outcomes of language study. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Difficulty Level, Educational Benefits, Higher Education