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Responses to the internationalisation of higher education in language policies of Estonia and Latvia

open access: yesEesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2017
This paper analyses language policies in higher education in Estonia and Latvia. Both countries are currently in search for a balance between national and international in the sphere of higher education.
Kerttu Kibbermann
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Exploring Language Teachers' Beliefs About the Medium of Instruction and Actual Practices Using Complex Dynamic System Theory

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
This paper explores the relations between teacher beliefs and practices about the medium of instruction from the perspective of complex dynamic systems theory.
Yang Gao, Yafang Zhou
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European Concepts in EMI Introduction: Comparative Analysis of Egypt and Russia [PDF]

open access: yesARPHA Proceedings, 2022
The article discusses the phenomenon of English as a Medium of Instruction in the global tertiary education context and the way it influences governmental policies and university approaches to admission and recruitment procedures.
Dilyana Sungatullina   +3 more
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Linguistic liminality in the early years of school: Urban South African children ‘betwixt and between’1 languages of learning

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Childhood Education, 2012
This article is about an investigation into the English spoken language competence of 144 first graders in two urban (‘township’) schools in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
Elizabeth Henning
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The use of English to offer learner support and enhance perceptual skills development in South African township schools

open access: yesThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2022
Research has identified the underdevelopment of perceptual skills as a cause of lifelong learning struggles and the restriction of developmental progress in learners.
Nkhensani S. Thuketana   +1 more
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Bridging and academic support for first year university students: preparation of the lecturing staff

open access: yesPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 1991
Academically disadvantaged students encounter many problems in coping with a medium of instruction other than their own mother tongue at tertiary level. The authors established additional needs, e.g.
Botha, H.L., Cilliers, C.D.
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English as Medium of Instruction Implementation for Communication and Sustainability in 4.0 Era

open access: yesEthical Lingua: Journal of Language Teaching and Literature, 2020
Globalization spreads fast around the world put English language become a-must-have skill. Almost all people use English in the teaching learning process, communication, transferring soft skills and hard skills, showing social status in communities ...
Shiyrah Theosebes Sela   +1 more
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The dilemma of English as a medium of instruction policy in science college programs

open access: yesStudies in English Language and Education, 2021
Achieving science undergraduate programs learning outcomes relies on the students’ proficiency in the language of instruction, a challenge that many policymakers ignore. This study is to understand the influence of English as a medium of instruction (EMI)
Munassir Alhamami, Abdullah Almelhi
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Mother tongue as the medium of instruction at developing country universities in a global context

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2015
One of the factors attributed to poor performance of some indigenous students at universities in developing countries is the use of a second language – mainly English and to some extent French – as the language of instruction at the universities ...
Aceme Nyika
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TRANSLATION AS A PEDAGOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE IN A RURAL UNIVERSITY

open access: yesJournal of Social Sciences, 2023
English proficiency among black South African learners and students has been found to be generally difficult to attain despite English being used as the sole medium of instruction in schools and at universities. To mitigate the issue, this paper explores
MASALA, Phumzile
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