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Hua, Xiaochen; Hu, Guangwei; Liu, Feifei – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
Foreign language textbooks not only aid language learners in developing their linguistic skills and knowledge but also reshape their cultural identities. Drawing on theories of critical curriculum studies, this paper examines cultural representation in two sets of US-produced Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) textbooks for American college…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Song, Yang – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2020
Based on ethnographic data, the present study examines how being critical has been understood, valued and practiced among students enrolled in international English-as-the-medium-of-instruction (EMI) Master's porgrammes in a top-rated comprehensive university in China. Drawing on the Foucauldian ethico-political axes of self-formation, this…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Conway, Clare; Richards, Heather; Harvey, Sharon; Roskvist, Annelies – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010
This paper examines a language teacher education professional development programme in New Zealand that draws on the 2007 New Zealand Curriculum. At the heart of the Learning Languages area in the curriculum is communicative competence, with the understanding that communication involves "language knowledge" and "cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Communicative Competence (Languages), Professional Development