Past studies reveal the prevalence of anxiety,coupled with low motivation and disengagement among students in English-medium instruction(EMI)programs.Given the detrimental impact these negative emotions can have on le...Past studies reveal the prevalence of anxiety,coupled with low motivation and disengagement among students in English-medium instruction(EMI)programs.Given the detrimental impact these negative emotions can have on learning outcomes,it is imperative that teachers establish positive emotional rapport with their students.This study explores how experienced and highly rated EMI lecturers at a Chinese university’s overseas campus use communication strategies to build rapport with their students during interactive academic activities.It identifies the strategies used by these lecturers and examines how the strategies facilitate the teaching-learning process.The data,consisting of 10 hours of tutorials and 10 hours of supervisor-student supervision meetings,is analyzed using an adapted Conversation Analysis(CA)approach.The analysis reveals three types of communication strategies(CSs)frequently used by lecturers:back-channeling,codeswitching,and co-creation of messages.By employing these strategies,the lecturers established a strong rapport with the students,which created an encouraging and supportive learning environment.Consequently,this positive atmosphere facilitated students’learning of content knowledge through English.The findings of this study have implications for the training of lecturers who encounter difficulties in establishing rapport with multilingual students in the EMI setting.展开更多
The purpose of this study is to find out how and to what extent students’L2 proficiency and English learning anxiety impact their EMI courses achievement at a Chinese state university.Quantitative research method was...The purpose of this study is to find out how and to what extent students’L2 proficiency and English learning anxiety impact their EMI courses achievement at a Chinese state university.Quantitative research method was conducted.Questionnaire,CET-4 score and EMI exam score(n=94)were collected from undergraduate students from School of Economics who have attended or are attending International Finance course.English language proficiency and anxiety were explored as possible significant predictors of academic success in EMI.The results showed that the two predictors,English language proficiency and anxiety were significant predictors of academic success in EMI.This result highlights that students with a lower level of proficiency need supplementary linguistic support in order to fully succeed in their EMI studies.Also,code-switching to Chinese when necessary and make classes communicative and fun may help to release students’anxiety.This study helped us better understand the impact of students’English level and anxiety on EMI achievement,and it also provides pedagogical implications for teachers of EMI courses.展开更多
From 2010,a drastic increase in international students’enrollment in many higher education institutions in China has led to the growth of English-medium instruction(EMI)practices and relevant research.With many state...From 2010,a drastic increase in international students’enrollment in many higher education institutions in China has led to the growth of English-medium instruction(EMI)practices and relevant research.With many state-level and province-level initiatives to promote the design and development of model EMI courses,international students’perspectives of these courses are not adequately reflected in the international literature which is primarily done in European higher education contexts.This study takes a qualitative approach by analyzing international students’EMI courses reflection reports,focus group interviews and observation notes of video-recorded EMI courses to probe into their perspectives on EMI practices in a business institute in a university of Shanghai.The findings show that international students show concerns about the systematic design of the curriculum,pedagogical problems and contextual limitations in EMI practices.All EMI stakeholders like curriculum developers,teaching administrators,teachers and students are responsible for these problems.Therefore,meaningful and consistent communication should be greatly promoted among all EMI practices stakeholders.The article concludes with recommendations for further research on model EMI courses in China.展开更多
近年来,全球高等教育日渐国际化与全球化,英语作为国际交流通用语(English as a Lingua Franca)已然成为高等教育知识传授、科研成果传播等的重要工具。以英语为媒介教授专业课程(English Medium Instruction;简称EMI)是各非英语国家和...近年来,全球高等教育日渐国际化与全球化,英语作为国际交流通用语(English as a Lingua Franca)已然成为高等教育知识传授、科研成果传播等的重要工具。以英语为媒介教授专业课程(English Medium Instruction;简称EMI)是各非英语国家和地区高等院校走向国际化的必要手段。然而EMI教学并非仅仅将专业课程内容翻译成英文,其成功实施取决于宏观与微观政策、课程设置、师生英语水平等一系列内外因素。本文聚焦清华大学研究生阶段的英语媒介教学,采用调查问卷(教师问卷61份、学生问卷429份)方法收集数据,探究教师和学生对该校开设的EMI课程的态度、担忧和期望;旨在为我国高校EMI课程建设提出参考性建议,促进我国高等教育国际化。展开更多
来华留学生本科教育项目(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery,MBBS)中,英语授课的师资已经成为制约教学质量提高的瓶颈。通过个案分析,探讨MBBS英语授课教师发展路径及影响因素,并提出促进教师发展的建议,为相关院校MBBS项...来华留学生本科教育项目(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery,MBBS)中,英语授课的师资已经成为制约教学质量提高的瓶颈。通过个案分析,探讨MBBS英语授课教师发展路径及影响因素,并提出促进教师发展的建议,为相关院校MBBS项目英语授课师资培养和教学质量的改进提供参考。展开更多
文摘Past studies reveal the prevalence of anxiety,coupled with low motivation and disengagement among students in English-medium instruction(EMI)programs.Given the detrimental impact these negative emotions can have on learning outcomes,it is imperative that teachers establish positive emotional rapport with their students.This study explores how experienced and highly rated EMI lecturers at a Chinese university’s overseas campus use communication strategies to build rapport with their students during interactive academic activities.It identifies the strategies used by these lecturers and examines how the strategies facilitate the teaching-learning process.The data,consisting of 10 hours of tutorials and 10 hours of supervisor-student supervision meetings,is analyzed using an adapted Conversation Analysis(CA)approach.The analysis reveals three types of communication strategies(CSs)frequently used by lecturers:back-channeling,codeswitching,and co-creation of messages.By employing these strategies,the lecturers established a strong rapport with the students,which created an encouraging and supportive learning environment.Consequently,this positive atmosphere facilitated students’learning of content knowledge through English.The findings of this study have implications for the training of lecturers who encounter difficulties in establishing rapport with multilingual students in the EMI setting.
文摘The purpose of this study is to find out how and to what extent students’L2 proficiency and English learning anxiety impact their EMI courses achievement at a Chinese state university.Quantitative research method was conducted.Questionnaire,CET-4 score and EMI exam score(n=94)were collected from undergraduate students from School of Economics who have attended or are attending International Finance course.English language proficiency and anxiety were explored as possible significant predictors of academic success in EMI.The results showed that the two predictors,English language proficiency and anxiety were significant predictors of academic success in EMI.This result highlights that students with a lower level of proficiency need supplementary linguistic support in order to fully succeed in their EMI studies.Also,code-switching to Chinese when necessary and make classes communicative and fun may help to release students’anxiety.This study helped us better understand the impact of students’English level and anxiety on EMI achievement,and it also provides pedagogical implications for teachers of EMI courses.
文摘From 2010,a drastic increase in international students’enrollment in many higher education institutions in China has led to the growth of English-medium instruction(EMI)practices and relevant research.With many state-level and province-level initiatives to promote the design and development of model EMI courses,international students’perspectives of these courses are not adequately reflected in the international literature which is primarily done in European higher education contexts.This study takes a qualitative approach by analyzing international students’EMI courses reflection reports,focus group interviews and observation notes of video-recorded EMI courses to probe into their perspectives on EMI practices in a business institute in a university of Shanghai.The findings show that international students show concerns about the systematic design of the curriculum,pedagogical problems and contextual limitations in EMI practices.All EMI stakeholders like curriculum developers,teaching administrators,teachers and students are responsible for these problems.Therefore,meaningful and consistent communication should be greatly promoted among all EMI practices stakeholders.The article concludes with recommendations for further research on model EMI courses in China.
文摘近年来,全球高等教育日渐国际化与全球化,英语作为国际交流通用语(English as a Lingua Franca)已然成为高等教育知识传授、科研成果传播等的重要工具。以英语为媒介教授专业课程(English Medium Instruction;简称EMI)是各非英语国家和地区高等院校走向国际化的必要手段。然而EMI教学并非仅仅将专业课程内容翻译成英文,其成功实施取决于宏观与微观政策、课程设置、师生英语水平等一系列内外因素。本文聚焦清华大学研究生阶段的英语媒介教学,采用调查问卷(教师问卷61份、学生问卷429份)方法收集数据,探究教师和学生对该校开设的EMI课程的态度、担忧和期望;旨在为我国高校EMI课程建设提出参考性建议,促进我国高等教育国际化。
文摘来华留学生本科教育项目(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery,MBBS)中,英语授课的师资已经成为制约教学质量提高的瓶颈。通过个案分析,探讨MBBS英语授课教师发展路径及影响因素,并提出促进教师发展的建议,为相关院校MBBS项目英语授课师资培养和教学质量的改进提供参考。
