Lecturers’ Perceptions of English Medium Instruction at Engineering Departments of Higher Education: A Study on Partial English Medium Instruction at Some State Universities in Turkey

Başibek, Nurcihan; Dolmacı, Mustafa; Cengiz, Behice Ceyda; Bür, Burcu; DİLEK, Yeşim; Kara, Bayram

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.477

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“…This is contrary to what European 'programme directors' in Wächter & Maiworm's (2014) comprehensive study claimed was the case. In Turkey, the collective research picture is one of deep concern in terms of level of English in general and vocabulary knowledge in particular (Kirkgöz 2009;Başıbek et al 2014;Macaro, Akincioglu & Dearden 2016).This is matched by student evaluations of their own English proficiency (Bozdogan & Karlıdag 2013) as being insufficient to enable adequate learning of content. In Spain (Doiz, Lasagabaster & Sierra 2011) and in France (Napoli & Sourisseau 2013) we find evidence that lecturers not only see student proficiency as inadequate but even as a possible barrier to being able to access an EMI programme.…”

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A systematic review of English medium instruction in higher education

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After outlining why a systematic review of research in English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education (HE) is urgently required, we briefly situate the rapidly growing EMI phenomenon in the broader field of research in which content and language have been considered and compare HE research outputs with those from other phases of education. An in-depth review of 83 studies in HE documents the growth of EMI in different geographical areas. We describe studies which have investigated university teachers' beliefs and those of students before attempting to synthesise the evidence on whether teaching academic subjects through the medium of English as a second language (L2) is of benefit to developing English proficiency without a detrimental effect on content learning. We conclude that key stakeholders have serious concerns regarding the introduction and implementation of EMI despite sometimes recognising its inevitability. We also conclude that the research evidence to date is insufficient to assert that EMI benefits language learning nor that it is clearly detrimental to content learning. There are also insufficient studies demonstrating, through the classroom discourse, the kind of practice which may lead to beneficial outcomes. This insufficiency, we argue, is partly due to research methodology problems both at the micro and macro level.at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi

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“…However, in heterogeneous context, professional development for lecturers is still required to enable them to adjust language and content to ensure comprehensibility. In Turkish context, the lecturers convey that they support the idea that Turkish provides deeper and clearer understanding in terms of the content of the lesson, and they have no concerns related to EMI in higher education such as the resources provided in English although they agree that EMI can promote learners to be more successful in terms of both their academic and social environments and their business lives after university (Başıbek et al, 2014). Supporting this, Ekoç (2018) also concludes that the students favored English medium instruction as a result of instrumental motives no matter how challenging they assume or find it to be; however, they believe that some alterations to the way in which EMI is provided are necessary.…”

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English as Medium of Instruction at Physics International Class Program: A Study of Students’ Perception

Syakira

2020

ITJ

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The specific focus of this paper is to uncover the students' perception on English language use as the medium of instruction (EMI) in the teaching and learning at Physics International Class Program (ICP), State University of Makassar. The paper describes the students' reason and expectation choosing ICP rather than regular one, their difficulties, as well as their language achievement. The data was collected using semi-structured interview to nine of third-year physical students in the program. The interviews were conducted in the language that the participant felt comfortable using (Indonesian) and recorded about seven to nine minutes each students. The analysis follows the qualitative content analysis described by Miles and Huberman, (1994): that is, themes were coded and categorized into the needs of the research, and patterns in the themes were identified and during this process, interpretations of these arrangements were made. The result of this study indicates that EMI in ICP helps some students to improve their English especially in writing, reading and vocabularies although some others are still experiencing difficulties in the teaching and learning process. Therefore, program development is still necessarily required in ICP in order to maintain its quality. Furthermore, the result of this study is expected to be a consideration for the continuity program in the future for a better service of its all aspects and to be a positive contribution for the next researcher who wants to conduct deeper research related to this topic.

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“…Similarly, during the mid 1980s the institutions offering EMI were popular. As reported by the Ministry of National Education, 193 English-medium secondary schools were present in the 1987-1988 academic years (Başıbek, et al 2014 learners' poor performance in science and mathematics. After that the school subjects were started to be taught in Turkish.…”

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“…That's why many leading universities started to offer EMI in Turkey, to name Boğaziçi University, Middle East Technical University (Kırkgöz, 2007). The 1980s saw a need to implement an efficient foreign language policy as a result of the economic factors and globalization (Başıbek, et al 2014). As a consequence, Turkey gave the biggest importance to English because it is accepted as the lingua franca of the world.…”

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Challenges in English Medium of Instruction from the Teachers and Students' Eyes

Çankaya¹

2017

ijlet

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The main concern of the current paper is to discuss English medium of instruction (EMI, henceforth) in all aspects with a particular focus on its challenges and difficulties reported by both students and teachers by discussing the relevant research studies. As EMI is gaining the greatest importance among the researchers, policy makers and educators; it is of crucial importance to clarify the main instructional problems during the implementation process in order to reach a clear understanding. Within this purpose, an integrative research study was undertaken by selecting five major works on the challenges of EMI within various contexts. Accordingly, these fundamental research studies were analyzed through document analysis in order to answer the main questions in this integrative research study which attempted to provide a comprehensive picture of EMI in Turkish context. As the interpretation of the qualitative data revealed the EMI policy had not only instructional challenges but also language related difficulties both for students and teaching staff.

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Lecturers’ Perceptions of English Medium Instruction at Engineering Departments of Higher Education: A Study on Partial English Medium Instruction at Some State Universities in Turkey

Cited by 83 publications

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A systematic review of English medium instruction in higher education

A systematic review of English medium instruction in higher education

English as Medium of Instruction at Physics International Class Program: A Study of Students’ Perception

Challenges in English Medium of Instruction from the Teachers and Students' Eyes

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