Effects of Prior English Exposure on Hong Kong Tertiary Science Students' Experiences in EMI Learning.
One of the driving forces for a wider adoption of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education is that students may demonstrate improvements in English language proficiency through an increased English exposure from content learning. However, to what extent previous English exposure...
| Publicado en: | RELC Journal Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 144 - 162 |
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Sage Publications, Ltd.
Apr2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=176532195&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 176532195 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00336882 5NY jtl: RELC Journal issn: 00336882 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Apr2024 vid: 55 iid: 1 pid: 2171 pub: Sage Publications, Ltd. artinfo: ui: 176532195 10.1177/00336882221079057 ppf: 144 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: Effects of Prior English Exposure on Hong Kong Tertiary Science Students' Experiences in EMI Learning. aug: au: Pun, Jack affil: 53025 The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China su: English language ability testing Science students Hong Kong (China) sug: subj: Hong Kong (China) English language ability testing Science students keyword: English exposure English medium instruction science learning students' perceptions university ab: One of the driving forces for a wider adoption of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education is that students may demonstrate improvements in English language proficiency through an increased English exposure from content learning. However, to what extent previous English exposure has an impact on students' learning experiences remains unanswered. This paper contributes to filling this gap by analysing quantitative data of 73 undergraduate science students from Hong Kong, classified by their prior English language exposure. Students completed a survey exploring their perceptions of their (1) exposure to EMI prior to university admission and the actual language use in classrooms; (2) English abilities in different learning activities; (3) English language challenges; and (4) learning strategies. Results showed that students' perceptions of EMI learning varied with their levels of English exposure prior to university admission. Despite encountering more difficulties in using English among first-year students with lower-level English exposure, all students perceived the importance of English skills in science education and adopted different learning strategies to overcome the EMI study challenges. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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