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List of Figures List of Tables Appendices Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Researching Cultures of Learning M.Cortazzi & L.Jin PART I: SOME ISSUES OF RESEARCH AND ITS APPLICATION Cultures of Learning: an Evolving Concept and an Expanding Field Y.Yuan & Q.Xie Comparing Learning Characteristics in Chinese and Anglophone Cultures: Pitfalls and Insights J.Ryan PART II: EXPLORING CHANGES IN CULTURAL HERITAGES AND LEARNING Understanding the Chinese Learners: From a Perspective of Confucianism Junju, W. Reforming Teacher Education in East Africa: the Importance of Socio-cultural Vontext J.Abd-Kadir & F.Hardman Changing Cultural Ways with Praise: a Distant Action Research Project in China J.Wang & M.Cortazzi Cultures of Learning in Academia: A Lebanese Case Study N.Bacha & R.Bahous Voices of the Reticent? Getting Inside Views of Vietnamese Secondary Students on Learning D.Bao Towards Transformative English Language Education: Evolving Glocalization in Textbooks used in Malaysia H.Abdul Rahim & S.Abdul Manan PART III: LEARNERS' PERCEPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS OF TEACHERS Kazakh Students' Perceptions of Good English Teachers: Multiple Heritages in a Culture of Learning G.Makhanova & M.Cortazzi 'He or She?' Examining Cultural Influences on Iranian Language Learners' Perceptions of Teacher Efficacy M.Nemati & S.Kaivanpanah Poles Apart: Protocols of Expectations about Finnish and Thai Teachers E.Berendt & M.Mattsson Problematising the Culture of Learning English in Vietnam: Revisiting Teacher Identity L.Thi Thu Huyen & P.Le Ha PART IV: THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIALIZATION AND MOTIVATION IN CULTURES OF LEARNING Cultural Models, Children's Beliefs, and Parental Socialization: European American and Chinese Learning J.Li Social Network Relations in Omani Students' Motivation to Learn English S.Dadi & L.Jin Demotivating Factors Affecting Iranian High School Students' English Learning R.Sahragard & Z.Alimorad Japanese EFL Learners' Remotivation Strategies J.Falout , T.Murphey , T.Fukuda & M.Trovela

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