ERIC Number: EJ1470714
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-2630-0672
EISSN: EISSN-2672-9431
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Analyzing EMI Medical Classroom Discourse to Identify Language Strategies for Teachers: An Application of the 'English-for-Teaching' Framework
Teaka Sowaprux; Jirada Wudthayagorn; Thanakorn Jirasevijinda
LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, v18 n1 p914-938 2025
Conceptualizing how EMI teachers use language in multilingual university settings remains a challenge. While previous studies have explored the language challenges faced by EMI science teachers, few have operationalized 'classroom routines' for understanding classroom language use. This feasibility study applies Freeman et al.'s (2015) 'English-for-Teaching' framework to a graduate-level EMI medical training program in Thailand, the first of its kind, designed to prepare students for residency in Thailand and BANA (Britain, Australasia, and North America) countries. Findings suggest that the EMI medical teachers under study heavily relied on their lesson content, with opportunities for teachers to situate student learning more through language strategies in assessments and feedback to enhance student understanding and engagement. The study highlights the importance of EMI medical teachers preparing language strategies for higher-order communication tasks, such as when using metaphors or analogies. Overall, the 'English-for-Teaching' framework can allow EMI medical teachers to reflect on the language strategies they employ to achieve their teaching goals by focusing on producing comprehensible input rather than on being measured by native-speaker standards.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English for Academic Purposes, Graduate Medical Education, Medical Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction, Medical School Faculty, Communication Skills, Figurative Language, Language Usage, Linguistic Input, Native Speakers, Standard Spoken Usage, Language Variation, Multilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication
Language Institute of Thammasat University. The Prachan Campus, 2 Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand. e-mail: learnjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/learn
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Thailand; United Kingdom; Australia; North America
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