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Si Jinghui – SAGE Open, 2023
The prominent increase in English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education has triggered the need for investigating EMI in practice in various contexts. Studies focusing on linguistic attitudes of EMI practitioners and learners are beginning to emerge but there are few studies exploring language-related issues in EMI practice. In response to…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Variation
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Abrar-ul-Hassan, Shahid – SAGE Open, 2021
As the institution of university has evolved into a highly diverse educational community, the language of communication (or linguistic capital) in higher education plays a vital role. Therefore, English as a medium of instruction (EMI) became the dominant characteristic of academia in many parts of a (globalized) world. This growing influence of…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Higher Education
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Munassir Alhamami – SAGE Open, 2023
This paper hypothesizes that higher proficiency in the medium of instruction (MI) is a precondition for effective instructional communication (IC), with the latter being essential for higher cognitive processes, positive affects, and better performance in the learning environment. The reported study used questionnaires comprising open-ended…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language)
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Khan, Muhammad Asim; Zaki, Sajida – SAGE Open, 2022
Language education policies contain discourses that have language ideologies embedded within them. This study explores the language ideologies in official language education policy documents of Pakistan from 2000 to 2020. Using Corpus Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis techniques, a 1.28 million-word-corpus was generated from 32 policy documents…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem; Turner, David A.; Laar, Rizwan Ahmed – SAGE Open, 2021
This study examines the language practices in educational settings in Pakistan, taking the multilingual groupings in society into account. In Pakistan, each province is linked to the single or multiple identities of its people and the languages spoken by the majority. The national language Urdu is limited to educational settings and its function…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Khalid, Aamna – SAGE Open, 2016
In Pakistan where different languages co-exist, and where English has a high status as a second language (L2), the learners' attitudes toward English plays an important role in formulating effective language policies. It is essential that these policies reflect these attitudes and are in sync with the learners' orientations toward learning…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning