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English as the Medium of Instruction in Turkish Higher Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

English as the Medium of Instruction in Turkish Higher Education

This book examines the phenomenon of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in Turkish higher education, using research-based findings and review-based discussions with a critical focus on diverse aspects of EMI. Particularly, it addresses issues under four major themes: EMI policy and the macro level context, teaching practices in EMI, learning experiences in EMI and future directions for EMI in Turkey. English as the Medium of Instruction in Turkish Higher Education: Policy, Practice in Action and Future Directions comprehensively examines the EMI phenomenon by taking Turkey as a case study and it exclusively explores existing issues against different conceptual frameworks and theoretical founda...

Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 353

Key Issues in English for Specific Purposes in Higher Education

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-01-08
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  • Publisher: Springer

This volume offers research-based studies on English for Specific Purposes in higher education from across the world. By drawing on international studies, the book brings together diverse ESP practices and aspects of relevant issues in the development of ESP programs, teachers and learners in a coherent fashion. There is a growing need for undergraduate students to develop their proficiency of ESP skills and knowledge in the increasingly globalized world. Knowledge of ESP is an important factor in subject matter learning by students, and also closely related to the performance of university graduates in the relevant sectors. Careful planning and efficient implementation are essential to ensure the quality of the language learning process. For a variety of reasons, it proves difficult to maintain ESP instruction in higher education. These reasons include the incompetence of teachers, lack of materials for that specific context, as well as lack of opportunities for ESP teachers to develop their skills. The chapters in this book, taken from a wide variety of countries, shed light on the diversity of current practices and issues surrounding ESP.

Language Education Programs
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Language Education Programs

This book delves into the realm of effective language education programs, examining them from both macro and micro-policy-making perspectives. It unravels the distinguishing features of exemplary language programs and explores how these programs are implemented in diverse international contexts. The book comprehensively explores various facets of language education programs, encompassing well-crafted language education policies, robust curriculum and syllabus design, impactful teaching materials, effective approaches to English for specific purposes (ESP), English as a medium of instruction (EMI), content and language integrated learning (CLIL), and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)-informed ...

Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 889

Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-05-31
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

A compendium of over 50 scholarly works on discourse behavior in digital communication.

Acquisition and Variation in World Englishes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

Acquisition and Variation in World Englishes

This book is the first of its kind to provide an integrative look at World Englishes, (second) language acquisition, and sociolinguistics in a variety of contexts of English around the globe with a focus on the language of children and adolescents. It thus aims to bridge the paradigm gaps that have been identified between these approaches but have rarely been explored in greater detail. The range of topics includes the areas of first and second language acquisition; sociolinguistic variation and awareness; language use and choice; family language policies; language attitudes and perception; modelling children’s and adolescents’ language in World Englishes; the role of child language acqu...

ESP teaching and teacher education: current theories and practices
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 186

ESP teaching and teacher education: current theories and practices

This volume addresses issues related to English for Specific Purposes (ESP) teaching practices as well as ESP teacher education as they arise in today’s constantly changing and developing world. ESP Teaching and Teacher Education: current theories and practices​, supported by the Language Centre of the Cyprus University of Technology, puts together a selection of ten chapters concentrating on ESP teacher education and ESP teaching methodology, including the integration of new technologies in both fields. The volume may be of interest to ESP teacher trainers or language teacher trainers in general, ESP practitioners, ESP researchers, policymakers, material developers, students, as well as any other ESP specialist who may be interested in being updated about the latest developments in the ESP field.

International Education Exchanges and Intercultural Understanding
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

International Education Exchanges and Intercultural Understanding

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-11-23
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  • Publisher: Springer

This volume examines the complex role of international education exchange in promoting peace and intercultural understanding. The perception that international education encourages greater understanding and cooperation between, people, cultures, and nations continues to drive participation and resources to this growing sector. With thought-provoking theoretical discussions and a broad range of case studies, this volume provides a much needed critical exploration of the ways in which international education exchanges may impact individuals as well as broader issues of global peace and development.

The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 252

The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World

This edited volume presents eleven empirical papers reporting the existing literature and the results of an original study focusing on EMI (English as a medium of instruction) in a particular area (Central and Eastern Europe, Western and Southern Europe, Nordic/Baltic countries, Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, South-East Asia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America). Each of these different areas tends to have its own ways of dealing with the EMI issue, and these are brought together in a meta-analysis in the final chapter. Implications for the conduct of English as a medium of instruction are drawn, both on a chapter-by-chapter basis and also in the meta-analysis. The examination of EMI on a contextual basis is a unique feature of this book, setting it apart from others in the field, which almost all deal with a single or limited context. The volume will be of interest to policymakers, institutional heads, graduate students and their teachers, and to thesis writers and researchers.

Service-Learning to Advance Access & Success
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 365

Service-Learning to Advance Access & Success

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-11-01
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  • Publisher: IAP

Throughout the 90s and early 2000s, service-learning research was intensely focused on the student outcomes. That body of research has effectively brought service-learning from the fringes into the mainstream of institutionalized pedagogies. In the past decade service-learning research has experienced an infusion of exploration in three distinct ways: first, large-scale quantitative methodologies; second, a proliferation of research that has explored how different sub-groups of students experience the pedagogy differently, thusly resulting in variation among outcomes; and third, a focus on the experiences and outcomes associated for communities and community partners engaged in service-learn...

Handbook of Research on Andragogical Leadership and Technology in a Modern World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 497

Handbook of Research on Andragogical Leadership and Technology in a Modern World

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-05-01
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Innovation and creativity in organizations are pivotal to survival as human activity fuses with technological domains. Exploiting the potential of technology to use it in innovative and creative ways that change how and what humans do for the better lies within the influence of the andragogical leader. Leading by example, when andragogical leaders model the use of technology, they also model creativity, innovation, and failure as a positive learning experience. Andragogical leaders should model effective technology use daily. The Handbook of Research on Andragogical Leadership and Technology in a Modern World provides diverse perspectives, experiences, theories, and philosophies related to andragogical leadership and technology across all levels of education. Covering key topics such as transformational leadership, learning pedagogy, and instructional technology, this major reference work is ideal for policymakers, managers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.