This study explored the concepts of intercultural competence and cultural intelligence and clarified corresponding terms. Using the Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS) as an instrument and conducting multiple regression tests, this quantitative research investigated individual scale factors that would influence the intercultural competence of the students who declared an education major or minor ...

The paper evaluates Chinese EFL (English Foreign Language) learners’ attitudinal responses toward Chinese accent. Questionnaires administered among 81 intermediate proficiency EFL learners who were from China and UK (70 of whom were university students, 11 of whom were university English teachers). Results show clearly that the respondents do not have significant negative attitude towards their...

PURPOSE Although prior research has investigated teachers' beliefs about people who stutter (PWS), this work has not indicated how these beliefs compare with those of the general public or taken into account key demographic variables that may be related to these beliefs. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate whether beliefs about PWS in teachers are different from those in the general ...

This paper examines the status and identity of teachers English as a foreign language in South Korea. In many parts world, is taught second, foreign, or additional language. The native non-native English-speaking debated often. However, dichotomy not straightforward it might appear because difference between speakers does sufficiently describe identities, linguistic abilities, teaching skills t...

Non-native English speakers, venturing abroad to work as teachers, have drastically grown in number. In the United Arab Emirates, a country that regards vital aspect of progress and sustainability home more than 200 nationalities, Filipino Indian teachers found their platform practice profession, while facing reality such openly prefers hire native speakers over non-native ones. Hence, this stu...