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Investigating International Students' Attitudes toward Local Teachers' L1 Use and Learning Practices in English-Medium Instruction in Germany: A Chinese Case Study
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Xiao Zhang; Christiane Lütge; Lili Zou – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Although there is a body of research on the teacher first language (L1) use in English-medium-instruction (EMI) classrooms, very little research has probed into how international students perceive local teacher L1 use and their learning practices in the English as a lingua franca (ELF) context. To address the gap, the present case study explored a…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, German
Local Teachers' English-German Codeswitching in English-Medium Instruction (EMI): Voices from International Students at a German University
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Xiao Zhang; Christiane Lütge – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
International students' attitudes towards teachers' codeswitching to the first language (L1) have not been adequately investigated in cross-cultural English-medium instruction (EMI) settings, where teachers and international students do not share the same L1 while they interact in English as a lingua franca (ELF). To fill that void, this study…
Descriptors: Universities, Code Switching (Language), German, English (Second Language)
Intercultural Experiences and Cultural Identity Reconstruction of Multilingual Chinese International Students in Germany
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Maeder-Qian, Jingyue – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
The goal of this article is to examine intercultural experiences and the cultural identity reconstruction of Chinese international students in Germany by focusing on their cultural learning, and use of multiple languages including English as a lingua franca (ELF), German and Chinese. Three rounds of individual interviews over 1 year were conducted…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, College Students