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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
Miranda, Norbella; Valencia Giraldo, Silvia – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2019
This article examines the ideologies present in Colombian official policy for English language teaching (ELT) and traces the links between governmental planning for state-funded schools and school pedagogical practices. Building on analysis of interviews with policy agents, policymakers' pronouncements, documents and classroom observations, the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Knowledge Economy
Mirhosseini, Seyyed-Abdolhamid; Badri, Narges – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2018
While English is embraced worldwide as a global means of communication, its teaching and learning is a contested arena of contacts between the so-called English native-speaker culture and local learner cultures. In this study, we investigate Iranian university students' viewpoints on the necessity and justifications for learning English and their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Native Speakers, Foreign Countries
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
Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2010
This paper reports on my first-hand experiences of being a "purist" in Hong Kong, during which time I was not allowed to use mixed code, a common discursive practice among Hongkongers in Hong Kong. I shall discuss the difficulties in using "pure" English and "pure" Chinese in my daily life, as well as exploring the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries