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Positioning of individuals within the group

What is it about?

Nowadays, English is used as an academic lingua franca in non-English speaking universities. This paper examines how such language situation influences Japanese students enrolled in an undergraduate English-taught program in terms of how they relate themselves and others in classroom.

Why is it important?

The study reveals that language shift to students' non-native language (English) has a tremendous impact on their identity, which further influences their classroom performance. In other words, English is not a mere medium of instruction to students whose first language is not English. Focusing on students' inner selves helps us to better understand students' classroom behaviors.

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