English medium instruction in Vietnamese
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This paper seeks to investigate the use of repetition as a pragmatic strategy to facilitate ELF communication in EMI classes. The data was gathered from six lectures of a Business Administration course taught by an American lecturer to a class of third-year Economics-majored students, all of whom were Vietnamese.
18p vispacex 16-11-2023 9 5 Download
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Universities worldwide have been rapidly utilising English-medium instruction (EMI) in the age of globalisation and internationalisation for its various benefits. Different aspects of EMI implementation have been studied, yet linguistic features of EMI lectures are still under consideration, especially in the context of Vietnam. Against this backdrop, the current study examined metadiscursive devices in EMI lectures conducted by a non-native English-speaking lecturer at Duy Tan University, a notable private university in central Vietnam, using the taxonomy developed by Dafouz & Perucha (2010).
9p nhanchienthien 25-07-2023 7 4 Download
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Although English used as a medium of instruction (EMI) has gained much research attention recently, there is still a dearth of studies that look into the similarities and contrasts as construed by learners with different academic backgrounds. This study thus aims to investigate how students from natural science and social science backgrounds verbalize their attitude towards EMI in the context of Vietnamese higher education.
16p vispiderman 15-06-2023 7 3 Download
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This study critically examines the effectiveness of English medium instruction (EMI) at Vietnamese universities through students’ perspectives. Data is collected via 10 focus group interviews with undergraduate students enrolling in Business courses at four universities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
5p vispyker 16-11-2022 31 7 Download
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The internationalization of education through English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) is growing really fast around the world. Vietnam has not been an exception in this trend. The Vietnamese government has promoted EMI with the objective of enhancing the quality of Vietnamese higher education, overhauling the outdated curriculum, and lifting the ranking of Vietnamese universities.
7p viindranooyi 07-05-2022 16 4 Download
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The study aimed to investigate the EMI program, especially related to the learners. It identified strategies that Vietnamese students used in order to deal with challenges they faced. Based on these findings, recommendations to promote learners‟ proficiency and improve the implementation of EMI policies are made.
59p closefriend09 16-11-2021 21 3 Download
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The researcher argues that the success of EMI implementation requires preliminary established conditions pertaining to English proficiency of both students and lecturers, curriculum, resources, and teacher training.
5p caygaocaolon9 04-01-2021 9 2 Download
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The study aims to explore the learning experiences of Vietnamese master students in the field of engineering at a Taiwan university to offer a well-known perception of learning experiences for Vietnamese prospective engineering students who look for foreign degrees in non-English-speaking Asian countries like Taiwan. Interviews with 14 master students were undertaken. The findings reveal that the Vietnamese students experience with 3 types of language-related problems in Taiwan: English language proficiency, lack of English medium of instruction from the host, and Chinese language issues.
11p nguathienthan1 20-11-2019 36 2 Download