Investigating Students’ and Instructors’ Perceptions of English-Medium Instruction (EMI) at Tertiary-Level Science Education in UAE

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dc.Location2016 LB 1525.34 T36
dc.SupervisorDr Phalangchok Wanphet
dc.contributor.authorTantawy, Nesrin Abd El-Zaher
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-16T10:30:12Z
dc.date.available2017-01-16T10:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2016-09
dc.descriptionDISSERTATION WITH DISTINCTION
dc.description.abstractIn the absence of research-based policies and conventional practices in science education in the Arab region, the current study aims to shed light on the perceptions of both university students and instructors toward the educational policy of adopting English as the medium of instruction in teaching science courses in the UAE. At College of Health Sciences- University of Sharjah, one hundred students participated in the study through completing a self-assessment questionnaire on the impact of EMI course-taking experiences on their English academic skills. Semi-structured, individual interviews were conducted with ten students and four instructors in order to explore their perceptions of EMI in science classes. A convergent parallel mixed methods approach was employed to analyze quantitative and qualitative data. Using descriptive statistics, independent-samples t-tests, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation, the study revealed that the discrepancies in the students’ acknowledgement of the impact of EMI on their learning experiences are due to a number of sociocultural and educational factors. However, most of the students and half of the instructors advocated the English-only science instruction.en_US
dc.identifier.other2014101035
dc.identifier.urihttp://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/957
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British University in Dubai (BUiD)en_US
dc.subjectenglish-medium instructionen_US
dc.subjectscience educationen_US
dc.subjectcontent-based instructionen_US
dc.subjectconstructivismen_US
dc.subjectsociocultural theoryen_US
dc.titleInvestigating Students’ and Instructors’ Perceptions of English-Medium Instruction (EMI) at Tertiary-Level Science Education in UAEen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
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