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Abu Saleh Mohammad Rafi; Anne-Marie Morgan – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
The study investigated integrating a combined approach of translingualism and transculturalism in an anthropology content learning classroom of a Bangladeshi private university. Data were collected from classroom observation, a pedagogical intervention, a focus group discussion with six students, and a semi-structured interview with the class…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Native Language
Aguilar-Pérez, Marta; Khan, Sarah – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
Purpose: Research on EMI (English-Medium Instruction) has addressed the extent to which content lecturers speaking in their L1 perform as well as when they lecture in English. In this study a lecturer who gave the same lecture in his L1 (Catalan) and English was observed to examine if and how transitioning from one language to another impacts his…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Tedam, Prospera; Powell, Hughlett; Alfalasi, Shamma Juma Hamad; Almarqab, Enas – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2021
Despite the importance of field education in social work, there are situations when only a few social work educators are involved in supporting students in their field placements. At the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), for example, involvement in field education is reserved for faculty who are fluent in Arabic due to the nature of…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Field Experience Programs, Semitic Languages
Macaro, Ernesto; Tian, Lili; Chu, Lingmin – Language Teaching Research, 2020
Although there is a wealth of research on the use of the first language (L1) in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms, there is as yet very little research of this kind in classrooms where the prime pedagogical objective is to teach academic content through English as a second language (English medium instruction; EMI). It is important to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Macaro, Ernesto – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
English Medium Instruction (EMI) in universities continues to grow as an educational phenomenon and increasingly is attracting the attention of researchers, particularly researchers who are applied linguists. Starting with a definition of EMI and with the challenges that any working definition poses in the many contexts in which EMI is said to be…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Course Content
Chichon, Jagon P. – Journal of English as an International Language, 2018
A multi-method approach was used to understand the attitudes of English Language Teachers working in universities in Japan to first language use (L1) in the second language (L2) classroom. Findings indicate that instructors recognise the benefits of the L1 and have awareness of current empirical findings, though, their approach is highly dependent…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Language Proficiency
Altamimi, Dheifallah; Rashid, Radzuwan Ab – Arab World English Journal, 2019
Arab students who learn English as a foreign language, especially Saudi students, face different challenges during the process of learning of the four English language skills, especially writing and its component (spelling). This paper aims to investigate the preceded causes of students' spelling errors. The main research question sought to be…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Spelling
Balderston, Genevieve – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study investigated the correlation between oral English language proficiency, primary language use, and sense of efficacy by Chinese-speaking teachers using English medium of instruction (EMI) in Chinese university courses. Twenty-one Chinese EMI university teachers participated in the study by completing an online survey to find how these…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, College Faculty
Burke, Rachel – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Language practices represent significant barriers to engagement in higher education for many learners from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds. In Australia, such students may be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners, students from rural and remote locations, learners who are the first in their family to access higher education,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Nonstandard Dialects
Maíz Arévalo, Carmen – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2017
University lectures are by far the most common method of teaching at Spanish universities. More recently, however, this knowledge transmission has become increasingly interactive. Students' participation and verbal output becomes especially important in classes where the language of instruction is not the students' mother tongue but a second or…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
Chen, Qian – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This descriptive and exploratory case study focused on a specific Content-Based Language Teaching (CBLT) curriculum within the context of higher education in China. The researcher investigated the rationale behind the current design and students' and teachers' perceptions about the curriculum, as well as, their perceived motivations and challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Business English
Mazak, Catherine M.; Herbas-Donoso, Claudia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
The objective of this ethnographic case study is to describe in detail one professor's translanguaging practices in an undergraduate science course at an officially bilingual university. The data-set is comprised of ethnographic field notes of 11 observed classes, audio recordings of those classes, an interview with the professor, and artifacts…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Spanish, College Faculty, Science Instruction
Muñoz de Cote, Luz María; van Dijk, Sylvia – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2012
This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research project set to investigate the piloting process of an innovative language program for university students. It challenges traditional English language teaching courses celebrating a view centered on learning; classes become spaces for students to understand the language they are learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Qualitative Research, College Students