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Hung, Eva – World Englishes, 2002
Gives a brief history of the causes for the emergence of translation as a key to national survival and cultural change in China. Focuses on three significant translation phenomena: the role of translation as a vehicle for cultural change; the phenomenon of translating out of the mother tongue; and the relationship between translation and learning…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Translation
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Webb, Vic – World Englishes, 2002
Uses the University of Pretoria as a point of reference and explicates that the use of a second language as the language of learning and teaching could be detrimental to the academic development of students as well as to the assessment of their progress, if the students concerned do not have the expected proficiency in English. Lists the language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education