Turkish Lecturers' Views on the Place of Mother Tongue in the Teaching of Content Courses through English Medium

Autor/in	Karakas, Ali
Titel	Turkish Lecturers' Views on the Place of Mother Tongue in the Teaching of Content Courses through English Medium
Quelle	18 (2016) 3, S.242-257 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Karakas, Ali)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1348-8678
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; Turkish; Native Language; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Students; Code Switching (Language); Higher Education; College Faculty; Semi Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Educational Policy; Intellectual Disciplines; Content Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; Türkisch; Lehrerverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Qualitative Forschung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Geisteswissenschaften; Inhaltsanalyse; Türkei
Abstract	One consequence of higher education institutions' efforts to internationalize themselves is the adoption of English medium instruction (EMI) in teaching. This is particularly the case in non-Anglophone countries. Although researchers have extensively canvassed the place of English in English as a foreign language (EFL)/English as a second language (ESL) in such countries, little has been researched on the place of mother tongue in EMI programmes. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating the place of mother tongue in EMI courses. Data were garnered via interviews with EMI lecturers. The analyses indicate that lecturers are largely supportive of integration of Turkish into classes to varying degrees, and of letting students use it for certain purposes. Those against using Turkish in classes mainly underscore the presence of international students, and the institutional policy urging them to use English. The results offer practical implications for policy-makers and lecturers in terms of how they can adjust themselves to the current linguistic environment of their institutions Turkish lecturers' views on the place of mother tongue in the teaching of content courses through English medium. An appendix contains interviewee profiles. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01