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Student Perspectives on English-Medium Instruction: Insights from an Italian University book cover

1st Edition

Student Perspectives on English-Medium Instruction Insights from an Italian University

By Marta Guarda Copyright 2022
196 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book offers a window into student perceptions of English-Medium Instruction (EMI), building on research from an Italian university to provide a better understanding of attitudes toward EMI in Europe and future directions for cross-country comparative research. The volume provides context on the current situation with EMI in Italy, unpacking debates around the tensions between the increased... Read more

PART 1: SETTING THE SCENE  Introduction: English as a vehicular language in European higher education  1. The contexts of this study: EMI in Italy and at the University of Padova  2. Designing a mixed-methods case study of EMI students’ perspectives  PART 2: FINDINGS  3. Conceptualisations of English  4. What students need  5. Differences from learning in L1  6. Language improvement in EMI  7. Difficulties students face in EMI  8. Strategies to make up for poor comprehension  9. Learning with and from others  Conclusions: Implications for research and practice in EMI

Biography

Marta Guarda is Senior Researcher at Eurac Research, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. From 2013 to 2019, she worked as postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Padova, Italy. Her research interests include English-Medium Instruction, plurilingual education, translanguaging and internationalisation of higher education. She is one of the editors of Sharing Perspectives on EMI (2017), and the author of several research papers on EMI in Italian higher education.

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