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Chen, Ningyang; Gu, Chenyang – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2023
China's impressive growth over the last three decades warrants the need to re-evaluate the position and positioning of English in the country's educational system. For long, English has been taught and learned compulsorily alongside Chinese and maths in primary and secondary schools in the mainland of China. It was not until recent years that the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Required Courses
Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2013
As the English language has become a global lingua franca today, it is not surprising that changes in attitudes and perceptions towards learning English in the international context have taken place at the same time. In this paper, I critically examine the notion of "integrative motivation" in the literature of second language (L2)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Language Role
Qu, Weiguo – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2011
While we hold that cultural colonization in English teaching in the cross-cultural context is a legitimate concern, we argue that when overstretched it tends to ignore the complex power relations within a culture by imposing homogeneity on it. It may also fossilize the role a foreign language can play in a multilingual context, which, we believe,…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Language Role, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Xiaohong, Zhang; Zeegers, Margaret – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2010
The English language has become a global language, a development which has influenced English language teaching and learning throughout the world. This influence has occurred more impressively in China than in other parts of the world as a result of the breathtaking pace at which China has integrated with global economies. Increasing industrial,…
Descriptors: Language Role, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Curriculum Development