English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges
Within the Asian region, Singapore has long been seen as a leader within the field of higher education, with an unmatched record of success in implementing English-medium instruction (EMI) at all levels of education, including colleges and universities. This present study reports on a large-scale su...
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| author | Bolton, Kingsley Botha, Werner Bacon-Shone, John |
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| description | Within the Asian region, Singapore has long been seen as a leader within the field of higher education, with an unmatched record of success in implementing English-medium instruction (EMI) at all levels of education, including colleges and universities. This present study reports on a large-scale survey carried out at one of Singapore’s major universities on the use of English as a teaching medium at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Key findings from the survey foreground the difficulties and needs of students coping with EMI instruction at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. One important result here highlights the specific problems of overseas postgraduate students (including many from mainland China), a finding that resonates with the sociolinguistics of higher education in many other international universities in an era of global education. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1385802020-05-12T02:48:03Z English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges Bolton, Kingsley Botha, Werner Bacon-Shone, John School of Humanities Humanities::Linguistics English-medium Instruction (EMI) Chinese Graduate Students Within the Asian region, Singapore has long been seen as a leader within the field of higher education, with an unmatched record of success in implementing English-medium instruction (EMI) at all levels of education, including colleges and universities. This present study reports on a large-scale survey carried out at one of Singapore’s major universities on the use of English as a teaching medium at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Key findings from the survey foreground the difficulties and needs of students coping with EMI instruction at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. One important result here highlights the specific problems of overseas postgraduate students (including many from mainland China), a finding that resonates with the sociolinguistics of higher education in many other international universities in an era of global education. Accepted version 2020-05-09T14:06:35Z 2020-05-09T14:06:35Z 2017 Journal Article Bolton, K., Botha, W., & Bacon-Shone, J. (2017). English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 38(10), 913-930. doi:10.1080/01434632.2017.1304396 0143-4632 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138580 10.1080/01434632.2017.1304396 10 38 913 930 en 2016-T1-001-160-05 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development on 30 Mar 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/01434632.2017.1304396. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::Linguistics English-medium Instruction (EMI) Chinese Graduate Students Bolton, Kingsley Botha, Werner Bacon-Shone, John English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges |
| title | English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges |
| title_full | English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges |
| title_fullStr | English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges |
| title_short | English-medium instruction in Singapore higher education : policy, realities and challenges |
| title_sort | english medium instruction in singapore higher education policy realities and challenges |
| topic | Humanities::Linguistics English-medium Instruction (EMI) Chinese Graduate Students |
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