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Jack Pun – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
One of the driving forces for a wider adoption of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education is that students may demonstrate improvements in English language proficiency through an increased English exposure from content learning. However, to what extent previous English exposure has an impact on students' learning experiences…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Science Education, Language Proficiency, Undergraduate Students
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Rifat Kamasak; Kari Sahan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
The growth of English medium instruction (EMI) programs at universities worldwide has raised questions about the implications of teaching through L2 English on students' content learning outcomes. This study examined the impact of four factors on students' academic success (e.g. content learning) in the Turkish EMI context: (1) students'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Wei Wei; Yiqian (Katherine) Cao – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This study explores students' participation in English for Academic Purposes classrooms from both teachers' and students' perspectives. Data were collected from videotaping of 11 English for academic purposes classes, semi-structured interviews with 12 teachers and stimulated-recall interviews with 33 students. The results indicate that three…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Participation
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Wang, Chaochang – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
As English is a lingua franca that has developed along many different pathways with the result that numerous varieties continue to evolve, effective communication requires mutual adjustment and understanding. A considerable body of research on English diversity is focussed on attitudes towards the sociolinguistic reality of English and…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Diversity, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students
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Wongkhan, Prueksa; Thienthong, Atikhom – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
It is generally accepted that collocation is essential for establishing synonymy. They are related linguistic features which are important and useful for language learners. Given this importance, this present study considered the experience of 120 Thai English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. The study explored the students' knowledge of…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mak, Sabina Ho-yan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
The literature on how to develop competence in giving academic presentations (AP) (e.g. Zappa-Hollman, 2007) shows that apart from basic communication skills (i.e. the ability to speak accurately, fluently and appropriately), university students are expected to perform specific roles and develop advanced skills for intellectual exchange and the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students
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Kung, Fan-Wei; Wang, Xue – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
This study explores Chinese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' attitudes towards accent for effective English as a lingua franca (ELF) communication. Notwithstanding the research conducted on EFL learners' perceptions of different variations of the English language for their language learning, little attempts have been made to…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Preferences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Zhang, Hao – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
This research explores international English majors' experiences and perceptions of the characteristics of an effective English-as-a-medium-of-instruction (EMI) course. Through an analysis of the triangulated data collected through questionnaire surveys, classroom observations, interviews and correspondences between 45 students and their lecturer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hiller, Kristin E. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
This article describes an innovative approach to introducing translanguaging in an English for academic purposes (EAP) course at a young Sino-US joint-venture university in China. To promote the use of Chinese students' full linguistic and communicative repertoires in an English-medium-of-instruction university, I intentionally incorporated…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Macalister, John – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
In multilingual Malaysia, the place of English has been debated at various times since independence in 1957. An initiative to address concerns about levels of English language proficiency in the country through teaching Science and Mathematics in English was launched in the early 21st century. For some teachers, a trans-national component was…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Preservice Teachers
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Song, Geraldine; Hoon, Lee Hwee; Alvin, Leong Ping – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
Much research work on teacher feedback has concentrated on the perceptions of students and teachers on feedback, but few studies have addressed the extent to which students respond to their teachers' written feedback, particularly at the tertiary level. This study analysed the extent to which students made appropriate revisions based on the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Teacher Student Relationship
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Yeh, Chun-Chun – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2014
The recent trend of university internationalization has seen a rapid increase of English as medium of instruction (EMI) courses in Taiwanese tertiary education. Yet, few large-scale studies have been conducted to investigate student learning in EMI courses. This study surveyed 476 students from 25 EMI courses at six universities in Taiwan to probe…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)
Burden, Peter – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2004
This paper reports on a questionnaire survey carried out in the first and last classes of a single semester English "conversation" class at a national university in Japan. While the time frame is obviously limited, the project focuses on changes in attitude to using the Learners' Mother Tongue displayed by students with regards to use by…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods