{
  "id": 16051595,
  "title": "Implicit language hierarchies in English-taught programs create ambivalent positions for multilingual students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/implicit-language-hierarchies-in-english-taught-programs-create",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T13:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-implicit-language-hierarchies-english-taught.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new study by Miki Shibata, a professor at Hiroshima University's Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, reveals a paradox in Japan's English-medium higher education: Official English instruction coexists with local peer expectations that drive classroom interactions back into Japanese.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}