Browsing by Author "Johnson, Diane"
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Beyond structuralism: Exploring a semantic based approach for describing the Māori language in grammar books and textbooks for pedagogical purposes
(The University of Waikato, 2023)Since the 1950s, the advancements and developments in English language studies has had a profound impact on its description that has made it less syntactically driven and more communicatively oriented. This has the potential ... -
Case roles / relations and discourse relations: A Maori language-based perspective
(The University of Waikato, 2006)The overall aim of this research project is to explore case roles/ relations and discourse relations (referred to in this thesis as 'intra-propositional relations' and 'interpropositional relations' respectively) from the ... -
The teaching and learning of English at secondary school level in South Korea: The curriculum and its implementation
(University of Waikato, 2016)This thesis explores the professional attitudes and practices of a sample of teachers of English in South Korean secondary schools in the context of a focus point-based analysis of the South Korean national curriculum and ... -
The Teaching of German as an Additional Language in Tertiary Institutions in Taiwan
(University of Waikato, 2015)The research reported here explored the backgrounds, attitudes and professional practices of a sample of teachers of German working in the tertiary education sector in Taiwan using a mixed methods approach involving a ... -
The teaching of English in secondary schools in Japan: From curriculum to the classroom
(University of Waikato, 2014)It has often been observed that there is a significant gap between the aspirations for the teaching of English as expressed in Japanese Ministry of Education curriculum guidelines and the reality of classroom practice. ...