Students' Critical Thinking Skills in an Interactive EMI Learning Context: Combining Experiential Learning and Reflective Practices.
This research project combined Rogers and Freiberg's (1994) experiential learning theory with Schön's (in Visser, 2010) reflective practice to construct an interactive curriculum design and apply it to a cross-cultural communication course, in which English was used as a medium of instruction (EMI),...
| Published in: | IUP Journal of English Studies Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 60 - 73 |
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