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Echeverri-Sucerquia, Paula Andrea – L2 Journal, 2020
Colombia, as other Latin American countries, has not been indifferent to the power of English as the language of business, international communication and academia. Since the end of the 20th century, there has been a great push in the country to promote the teaching of English: language policies have been formulated, ideal levels of proficiency…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Economidou-Kogetsidis, Maria; Soteriadou, Louiza; Taxitari, Loukia – L2 Journal, 2018
Using a short pedagogical intervention, a pretest-posttest design and baseline data (L1 English), the present study examined the effects of explicit instruction on the use of internal and external modification in requests among Greek Cypriot EFL learners. The findings revealed a complex picture with mixed results. Even though external modification…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Hsu, Funie – L2 Journal, 2015
This article highlights two relationships in regards to neoliberalism and second language. First, it examines the connection between English and neoliberalism. It focuses on the idea of English as a global language and the linguistic instrumentalism (Kubota, 2011; Wee, 2003) of English as a necessary tool for economic viability in the globalized…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, English (Second Language), Social Influences, Global Approach
Gao, Shaung; Park, Joseph Sung-Yul – L2 Journal, 2015
Neoliberalism, as an ideology that valorizes and institutionalizes market-based freedom and individual entrepreneurship, derives from the logic of highly advanced capitalism, and thus must be understood in relation to the material conditions of our capitalist economy. One such material condition is space. However, the intersection of space and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Neoliberalism, Ideology, Rural Areas
Campos, Julia – L2 Journal, 2015
Worldwide, education promises a better future for aspiring generations. However, our current educational landscape has been shaped by neoliberal thinking, and is thus often oriented toward economic objectives. In Germany "Bildung" is a notion coined by philosophers representing a broad liberal and critical education, and the cultural and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, German, Labor Market, Second Language Learning
Lost in Translation? "Bildung" between Ideological Debate and Pragmatism: A Response to Julia Campos
Roche, Jorg – L2 Journal, 2015
The term "Bildung" is notoriously difficult to translate. Though it is often translated as "education," this does not entirely convey its meaning nor entirely explain its use in a myriad compounds such as "Bildungssprache" (language of/for education), "Bildungsweg" (path to education),…
Descriptors: Education, Translation, Ideology, Pragmatics
Heidt, Irene – L2 Journal, 2015
In this article, I endeavor to explore the historical dimensions of "Bildung" by first focusing on the German linguist and philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt and his theory of "Bildung." The article then addresses the transformation of Humboldt's neo-humanistic ideal into a governmentrun institutionalized "Bildung"…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Neoliberalism, Ideology, Global Approach
Shinji, Kawamitsu – L2 Journal, 2015
Despite the social turn in views of language and the increasing attention to an application of genre theory in teaching languages, the field of Japanese-as-a-Foreign-Language (JFL) has not yet found genre a valuable resource for approaching learners' writing ability. Writing is still practiced as a psycholinguistic space to check learners'…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Writing Instruction
Scott, Eric – L2 Journal, 2015
L2 pragmatic instruction in grammar and writing is an area of second language acquisition that is underutilized by many teachers. This paper follows the process of one teacher as the instruction of the pragmatic speech act of requesting is integrated into a low-level grammar class. First, an argument is made for the importance of including…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction, Grammar, Writing (Composition)
Al-Saraj, Taghreed M. – L2 Journal, 2014
With the increase in globalization, the study of English has become common in Saudi Arabia, but students' experiences of foreign language anxiety (FLA) have been underexamined. Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries are culturally distinct from the Western world, where the most popular assessments of FLA were developed. Through a qualitative and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Questionnaires
Loureiro-Rodriguez, Veronica – L2 Journal, 2013
This article reports on a classroom-based experience that draws from the critical approach to heritage Spanish language teaching and Hanauer's concept of meaningful writing. Participants were three students enrolled in a first-year course for heritage Spanish speakers at a major Canadian public university. The writing component of this language…
Descriptors: Native Language Instruction, Heritage Language, Spanish Speaking, Writing Assignments