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Investigating the Instructional Effectiveness of TOEFL Tutoring Programs in an Educational Agency -- A Multi-Method Case Study
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Meng Xiao – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation study presents a case study of one of the largest educational agencies in China. The study investigated the instructional effectiveness of the test prep program in Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The purpose of this study is threefold: 1) to examine the educational effectiveness of a language proficiency test…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
English Medium Instruction at Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education Institutions in China: Is Internationalising Teaching and Learning Possible?
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Han, Shuangmiao – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
The development of English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) at the tertiary level has been accelerated by the ever-increasing degree of higher education internationalisation. The study, based on a survey with 112 students and semi-structured interviews with 16 instructors collected at a Sino-foreign cooperative education institution in China,…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, English (Second Language), Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
Teaching in English Is Not Necessarily the Teaching of English
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Chapple, Julian – International Education Studies, 2015
Described as a "galloping" phenomenon now considered "pandemic" in proportion, the use of English as the lingua franca medium of instruction (EMI) at higher education institutions (HEIs) across the globe is today considered the most significant trend in educational internationalisation. Japan is no exception and a growing…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning