Language Barriers among Taiwanese National Champions

Ying-Ling Chen

Higher Education Studies, 2019, vol. 9, issue 1, 63-67

Abstract: The study investigated experiences of archery national champions regarding their use of English language at the international athlete village. The slowly growing recognition of the issue in the language barrier was discovered. Three female elite archery athletes were selected that met the criteria for national champion status was based upon previous experiences of competing in the international games. The use of semi-structure interview technique was implemented to be the main method of gathering research data. The study identified several language barriers to communication difficulties. The findings indicated language barriers become issues and had debilitating effect in communication through English language.

Keywords: language barrier; communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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