As the English lexicon has become more frequently borrowed and used in Thai mass media social media, Thais are quickly adapting to such foreignness open language contact-induced change. The current study explores extent of public’s familiarity with words contemporary public attitudes toward borrowing. participants comprised 120 who voluntarily completed a questionnaire. They were from different...

Grounded on Hofstede's (1986) dichotomous model of collectivism/individualism, this study explored Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' cultural identity. A sequential mixed methods procedure was adopted to examine their cultural orientation and the impact of length of experience on their degree of propensity to absorb the target language culture. A total of 120 female and male...