The Impacts of Globalisation on EFL Teacher Education through English as a Medium of Instruction: An Example from Vietnam

Autor/inn/en	Dang, Thi Kim Anh; Nguyen, Hoa Thi Mai; Le, Truc Thi Thanh
Titel	The Impacts of Globalisation on EFL Teacher Education through English as a Medium of Instruction: An Example from Vietnam
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 14 (2013) 1, S.52-72 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-4208
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2013.780321
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Instructional Materials; Teaching Methods; Preservice Teacher Education; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Heuristics; Language Planning; Human Capital; Second Language Learning; Global Approach; Language of Instruction; Trend Analysis; Language Proficiency; Second Language Instruction; Educational Quality; Sociocultural Patterns; Learning Theories; Educational Trends; Vietnam + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Heuristik; Sprachwechsel; Humankapital; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Globales Denken; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Trendanalyse; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	Recent research on language planning and policy highlights the effects of globalisation in spreading the English language as a medium of instruction (EMI) in non-native English speaking (NNES) countries. This trend has encouraged many universities in NNES countries to offer EMI education programmes with the objective of developing national human capital with proficiency in English. One such country is Vietnam, where the Ministry of Education and Training prepared a 2008-2020 action plan to revitalise English language education, involving the improvement of the quality of language teacher education (TE). As part of the current reforms, the Ministry has urged teacher training colleges and universities to develop high quality English as a foreign language (EFL) TE programmes. In response, a fast-track EFL TE programme with EMI has been introduced at a Vietnamese university. Focusing on this TE programme, this paper illustrates how contemporary globalisation encourages using EMI in TE in NNES countries. Vygotskian socio-cultural theory and Marginson and Rhoades's [Beyond national states, markets, and systems of higher education: A glonacal agency heuristic. "Higher Education, 43"(3), 281-309] "glonacal" heuristic are used to analyse the effects of globalisation in this EMI teaching context. Based on individual interviews of a cohort of 20 Vietnamese pre-service teachers, classroom observations and artefacts, such as instructional materials and policy documents, the paper shows that global influences on teaching practices were mediated by a number of different elements, including social and community pressure, trends to the internationalisation of education, and the availability of teaching resources. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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