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Article: Perspectives of Iranian University Students on Learning English: A Practical Need and/or an International Policy-push?
Title | Perspectives of Iranian University Students on Learning English: A Practical Need and/or an International Policy-push? |
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Keywords | ELT in Iran ELT policy cultural politics of English English language teaching ELT |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2018, v. 25, n. 3, p. 286-299 How to Cite? |
Abstract | 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 awareness of international policies of promoting this language. A group of 855 male and female students of different fields of study at six major universities of Tehran responded to a researcher-made questionnaire and 28 participants were interviewed for more in-depth explanations about their standpoints. The findings indicate that the participants are in absolute favour of learning the English language as an undeniable necessity as a multifaceted communicative instrument. Moreover, they seem to have limited sensitivity to the potential sociopolitical functioning of English and the policies and plans for promoting the teaching and learning of this language around the world. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/307241 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.398 |
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dc.contributor.author | Mirhosseini, Seyyed Abdolhamid | - |
dc.contributor.author | Badri, Narges | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-03T06:22:13Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-03T06:22:13Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2018, v. 25, n. 3, p. 286-299 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1358-684X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/307241 | - |
dc.description.abstract | 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 awareness of international policies of promoting this language. A group of 855 male and female students of different fields of study at six major universities of Tehran responded to a researcher-made questionnaire and 28 participants were interviewed for more in-depth explanations about their standpoints. The findings indicate that the participants are in absolute favour of learning the English language as an undeniable necessity as a multifaceted communicative instrument. Moreover, they seem to have limited sensitivity to the potential sociopolitical functioning of English and the policies and plans for promoting the teaching and learning of this language around the world. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education | - |
dc.subject | ELT in Iran | - |
dc.subject | ELT policy | - |
dc.subject | cultural politics of English | - |
dc.subject | English language teaching | - |
dc.subject | ELT | - |
dc.title | Perspectives of Iranian University Students on Learning English: A Practical Need and/or an International Policy-push? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/1358684X.2018.1479959 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85051079750 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 25 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 286 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 299 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-3585 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000440701900008 | - |