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English as a Medium of Instruction in Kazakhstani Higher Education: A Case Study
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Yessenbekova, Kymbat – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
In the era of the globalization of the English language, Kazakhstan has strategically implemented English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to explore teachers' and students' perceptions of their EMI experiences, focusing on the interplay between language management (LM), language…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, College Faculty
Gaps between Policy Aspirations and Enactment: Graduate Students' Struggles with Academic English amidst a Turbulent Transition to the EMI Environment in Kazakhstani Universities
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Mir Afzal Tajik; Syed Abdul Manan; Uli Schamiloglu; Gulnara Namyssova – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
This study investigated multilingual students' linguistic challenges at English-medium instruction (EMI) universities in Kazakhstan. Using language policy and planning as a theoretical lens, this study looked at EMI policy in general, particularly the academic English challenges of students due to a haphazard implementation of the EMI policy in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
English-Medium Education Reform in Kazakhstan: Comparative Study of Educational Change across Two Contexts in One Country
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Karabassova, Laura – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
The research reported in this paper explored the implementation of a language-in-education policy in post-Soviet Kazakhstan, also known as trilingual education reform. Drawing on interviews with teachers and school administrators, the paper comparatively examines how the teaching of Sciences through the medium of English was implemented across two…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Turkic Languages, Russian