Posts tagged "English as a foreign language"
Problematizing one's own epistemological stances

Problematizing one’s own epistemological stances

Apart from pennycook’s ideas, in my opinion, promoting the problematizing spirit can be done by identifying where we fit in these tentative four epistemological categories:(1) I know that I know;(2) I know that I don’t know;(3) I don’t know that I know; and (4)I don’t know that I don’t know.They are not necessarily sequaenced as...

English as a Foreign Language

The final context for tha study of interlanguage phenomena is the learning of English in countries where English is studied as a foreign language in formal settings (such as the school), and where English is not normally a language of instruction but simply a branch of study. English is Japan, France, Indonesia, Russia and so...

SOCIAL FACTORS, INTERLANGUAGE, AND LANGUAGE LEARNING

A number of diverse contexts for second language learning are considered here and the following questions asked: Under what conditions is standard English learned? What factors lead