Students’ academic language-related challenges in English Medium Instruction: The role of English proficiency and language gain

• Published in: System (Linköping) Vol. 103; p. 102651
• Main Authors: Soruç, Adem, Altay, Mehmet, Curle, Samantha, Yuksel, Dogan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2021; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Academic language; Challenges; College students; Discipline-based differences; English as a second language learning; English for academic purposes; English language; English language proficiency; English medium instruction (EMI); English proficiency; Higher education (HE); International relations; Language gain; Language proficiency; Students; Language gain; Higher education (HE); English medium instruction (EMI); Challenges; English language proficiency; Discipline-based differences

This article reports a quantitative empirical study that explored the relationship between English language proficiency and academic language-related challenges experienced by students when studying through English Medium Instruction (EMI). Questionnaire data using the EMI Challenges Scale and stude...