Finding their feet: lecturers’ and students’ perceptions of English as a medium of instruction in a recently-implemented Master's programme at an Italian university
Finding their feet: lecturers’ and students’ perceptions of English as a medium of instruction in a recently-implemented Master's programme at an Italian university
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站稳脚跟：在意大利大学最近实施的硕士课程中，讲师和学生对英语作为教学语言的看法
DOI：
10.1080/01434632.2019.1614186
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Neil Murray
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作者：
Leonie Rowland;Neil Murray
摘要本文报道了一项小规模的定性研究，旨在探索讲师和学生在最近实施的以英语为媒介的意大利大学生物医学硕士课程中的教与学经验。采用焦点小组形式采访了该方案的12名学生，并与6名讲师进行了个别访谈。与会者就以下问题发表了看法：学生和讲师的语言能力，为应对与语言技能薄弱有关的挑战而采取的策略，以及百代对评估和课程内容质量的影响。调查结果显示，尽管语言入学要求相当宽松，但学生们认为有能力应对该计划的要求，并对该计划及其提供的好处持积极态度，尽管有时会对他们提出额外的要求。讲师同样对学生的经历和他们自己的发展都持积极态度。有证据表明，对学生母语使用的灵活态度，以及讲师为适应学生的努力而采取的策略，是这些态度的重要决定因素，而且广泛报道了普遍积极的经历。
ABSTRACT This article reports on a small-scale qualitative study designed to explore lecturers’ and students’ experiences of teaching and learning on a recently-implemented MSc programme in Biomedical Sciences taught in the medium of English at an Italian university. A focus group format was employed to interview twelve students on the programme, and individual interviews were conducted with six lecturers. Participants’ views were elicited concerning the language proficiency of both students and lecturers, the strategies adopted to meet any challenges associated with weak language skills where these were thought to exist, and the perceived impact of EMI on assessment and the quality of course content. Findings indicate that despite quite lenient language entry requirements, students felt able to cope with the demands of the programme and felt positively disposed towards it and the benefits it afforded, despite at times placing extra demands on them. Lecturers similarly felt positive about the experience both in terms of the students’ and their own development. There is evidence that flexible attitudes towards the use of students’ L1, and the strategies lecturers adopted in their efforts to accommodate to students, were important determinants of these attitudes and the generally positive experience widely reported.
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发表时间：
2012
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作者：
Sae SHIMAUCHI;Kristen WALLITSCH
通讯作者：
Kristen WALLITSCH