Turkish lecturers' views on the place of mother tongue in the teaching of content courses through English medium
Turkish lecturers' views on the place of mother tongue in the teaching of content courses through English medium
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DOI：
10.1080/13488678.2016.1229831
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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1.6
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Karakas, Ali
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作者：
Karakas, Ali
高等教育机构努力国际化的结果之一是在教学中采用英语教学。在非英语国家尤其如此。虽然研究者们已经广泛地探讨了英语在这些国家作为外语的英语（EFL）/作为第二语言的英语（ESL）中的地位，但很少有人研究母语在EMI课程中的地位。本研究旨在通过调查母语在英语教学中的地位来填补这一空白。数据是通过与EMI讲师的访谈获得的。分析表明，讲师在很大程度上支持将土耳其语融入课堂，并让学生将其用于某些目的。那些反对在课堂上使用土耳其语的人主要强调了国际学生的存在，以及敦促他们使用英语的机构政策。研究结果为政策制定者和讲师提供了实际意义，他们如何能够调整自己，以适应当前的语言环境，他们的机构。
One consequence of higher education institutions' efforts to internationalize themselves is the adoption of English medium instruction (EMI) in teaching. This is particularly the case in non-Anglophone countries. Although researchers have extensively canvassed the place of English in English as a foreign language (EFL) / English as a second language (ESL) in such countries, little has been researched on the place of mother tongue in EMI programmes. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating the place of mother tongue in EMI courses. Data were garnered via interviews with EMI lecturers. The analyses indicate that lecturers are largely supportive of integration of Turkish into classes to varying degrees, and of letting students use it for certain purposes. Those against using Turkish in classes mainly underscore the presence of international students, and the institutional policy urging them to use English. The results offer practical implications for policy-makers and lecturers in terms of how they can adjust themselves to the current linguistic environment of their institutions.