Volume 11, Issue 2 (2010)
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Item type: Item , He Puna Kōrero: Journal of Māori and Pacific Development (Vol. 11, Issue 2)(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09)He Puna Kōrero: Journal of Māori and Pacific Development, Volume 11, Issue 2.Item type: Item , Contextualizing the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09) Valax, PhilippeThe article discusses about the establishment of Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) after the second World War, then explaining political, social and historical aspects of this organization. As mentioned, it was felt necessary to develop such a framework for language teachers in Europe and outside. The development of the organization was very specific in social and political context, some end notes are also given.Item type: Item , Senior language education managers' cognition in the context of globalization and neoliberalism: Views from Taiwan(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09) Jia-Huey, HerThe article focuses on impact of globalization and neoliberalism on teaching of English language across the globe, the article is about Taiwan. As mentioned, Senior language education managers are presenting their views about the challenges they faced and how they were tackled. How the balance between needs and interests of language teachers and learners was maintained is discussed in the article.Item type: Item , The Chinese philosophical/ rhetorical tradition: Debunking some myths(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09) Wu, Huang; Li, HsiaoThe article is about a research conducted by the authors reviewing texts in English and Chinese by rhetorical theory and discourse analysis. As stated, many Chinese texts seemed to be misunderstood or misinterpreted, hence a deviation in information from Chinese tradition was found in the texts. Article summarizes some ways in which the texts were misinterpreted and then discussed some potential dangers associated with it.Item type: Item , Participant responses to a tertiary-level Māori language immersion programme: Reporting on a questionnaire-based survey(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09) Nock, SophieThe article reports about a research project which was aimed at collecting and analyzing data related to the views of the students about a degree programme related to the Māori language in University of Waikato in 2008. As mentioned, a questionnaire was conducted to obtain the responses of the students. But the study revealed that success inhibiting factors were there which affected learning ability of learners, and students had little language proficiency.Item type: Item , Preliminary findings of a questionnaire-based survey of a sample of teachers of Hawaiian in secondary- and tertiary-level institutions in Hawai'i(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09) NeSmith, R. KeaoThe article reports about the research project which was conducted on teachers of Hawaiian language as an Additional Language in Hawaii, a questionnaire was conducted to evaluate the teaching and learning. As mentioned, results showed that some teachers had initial training in teaching but most did not, and most of them were not too proficient about the culture and language of Hawaii. The research is considered important because of the survival of Hawaiian language and culture depends on it.Item type: Item , The impact on language teachers of trends in the literature on language teaching and learning: A questionnaire-based study involving teachers of English as an additional language(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09) Fester, AntheaThe article reports about the research on teachers of English language as an Additional Language in five countries. As mentioned, a questionnaire including questions about genre, cohesion and coherence of teaching was prepared, it revealed that the language had less impact on beliefs and practices of these language teachers, and that too only a superficial one. Several illustrative diagrams are in the article, and it's concluded that teaching English has less impact on teaching of other languages.Item type: Item , Inflated proficiency self-assessment and its potential impact on language teaching: A Taiwan-based study involving teachers of English in elementary school settings(Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, 2010-09) Wang, Wei PeiThe article presents a study conducted on Taiwanese elementary school teachers teaching English language. As mentioned, teachers have less proficiency than their counterparts in Europe and even in Japan, they believe they are much more proficient than they actually are. The study concluded that the approach to use the target language at all times might lead to some negative consequences rather than the positive ones.