A Critical Perspective on the Use of English as a Medium of Instruction at Universities
The use of ‘other’ (foreign, second) languages as medium of instruction has become a widespread phenomenon in the past decade in various educational contexts and settings worldwide. In general the approach applies to situations in which academic content, in a number of subjects (e.g. humanities, sci...
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| Published in | English-Medium Instruction at Universities pp. 196 - 210 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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United Kingdom
Channel View Publications
25.10.2012
Multilingual Matters |
| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | The use of ‘other’ (foreign, second) languages as medium of instruction has become a widespread phenomenon in the past decade in various educational contexts and settings worldwide. In general the approach applies to situations in which academic content, in a number of subjects (e.g. humanities, science), is being taught via languages which are not the native languages of the students but rather via the languages they seek to acquire. The approach is implemented in all levels of schooling, pre-school, elementary (early and late), secondary and especially tertiary. Content based instruction is a general category that embeds a highly complex phenomenon |
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| ISBN: | 184769814X 9781847698148 |
| DOI: | 10.21832/9781847698162-014 |