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Hongqin Li; Lin Pan; Philip Seargeant; David Block – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
This study explores how preservice English teachers in China perceive and leverage their Chinese and English linguistic repertoires in ELT methodology training, and how a reflective understanding of their use of these repertoires can contribute to their development as teachers. To understand how their practices and conceptualizations of language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Code Switching (Language)
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Zhou, Sihan; Thompson, Gene – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Listening to academic content in English medium instruction (EMI) classrooms at university can be a demanding task for students who transition from first language (L1) instructed secondary schools. This longitudinal mixed methods study analyzes data from 316 students collected at the beginning, midterm, and the end of their first semester after…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Longitudinal Studies, English for Academic Purposes
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Smit, Tanya; du Toit, Pieter H. – South African Journal of Education, 2021
During work integrated learning (WIL), pre-service mentoring helps prepare final-year education students for the workplace. The pre-service teacher is placed alongside a mentor teacher, and the higher education institution (HEI) stipulates the timeline and the requirements. This study follows a wide-ranging research project, identified by the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Professionalism, Curriculum Design, Mentors
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Alhamami, Munassir – Education and Information Technologies, 2021
The policy--English as a medium of instruction (EMI)--in computing education plays an important role in achieving the outcomes of computer science programs. This study examines the effects of Saudi Arabia's English as a medium of instruction (EMI) policy in undergraduate computer science programs at public universities. Study data was collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Computer Science Education
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Anh-Hang Trinh; Hanh Dinh – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to theorize that computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can be integrated in English language learning with a focus on cultural learning of both home and target language. Design/methodology/approach: The present study used a systematic methodology to conceive the language and home-culture integrated online…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design
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Zabolotna, Oksana; Shchudlo, Svitlana; Medina, Tetiana; Panchenko, Ielyzaveta; Kozlov, Dmytro – Advanced Education, 2019
Underachievement among national minority group students in places of their compact residence in Ukraine makes them vulnerable to educational failure. This problem is noticeable in Chernivtsi Region of Ukraine where the multicultural character causes peculiar behaviour in politics, migration, economic and cultural activities as well as in…
Descriptors: Ukrainian, Minority Group Students, Language Minorities, Teaching Methods
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Braden, Sarah; Wassell, Beth A.; Scantlebury, Kathryn; Grover, Alex – Language and Education, 2016
Increases in the number of English language learner (ELL) students in the United States has led to a significant need for research that explores teaching and learning for ELL students in science and other content-area classrooms. This qualitative study investigated middle-school ELL students' (N = 12) beliefs and practices surrounding science…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Middle School Students, Science Instruction, English Language Learners
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Gilakjani, Abbas Pourhossein; Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza – English Language Teaching, 2011
In many English language classrooms, teaching pronunciation is granted the least attention. When ESL teachers defend the poor pronunciation skills of their students, their arguments could either be described as a cop-out with respect to their inability to teach their students proper pronunciation or they could be regarded as taking a stand against…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation