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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

Challenging the Power Invested in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Why Determining 'English' Preparedness Needs to Be Undertaken within the Subject Context

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Pilcher, Nick; Richards, Kendall – Power and Education, 2017

Higher education institutions worldwide base international student recruitment on the assumption that their preparedness in 'English' is assured if they reach a certain level in tests such as the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). This assumes an abstract, objectivist view of language that sees the 'English' as removable for…

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Higher Education

Language Teacher Research in Australia and New Zealand

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Burns, Anne, Ed.; Burton, Jill, Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2008

Over the last 30 years, inquiry-based teaching has become a highly valued component of professional development and practitioner research in Australia and New Zealand. This volume of the Language Teacher Research Series focuses on teaching and learning experiences in those two countries, which encompass a large geographical area with diverse…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers