English-Medium Instruction in Chinese Universities Perspectives, discourse and evaluation

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Synopsis

This edited book is about the rationale, practice and classroom implementation of English-medium instruction courses in Chinese universities. It specifically focuses on classroom discourse analysis across different disciplines and settings. The main themes of this book are: describing the state educational policies toward English-medium instruction at the tertiary level; distinguishing English-medium instruction from mainstream foreign language learning; analyzing curricula and discourse at the classroom level and evaluating the learning effectiveness of these courses. This book covers the widespread implementation of English-medium courses in China across different disciplines, and it provides a window for researchers and practitioners from other parts of the world to see the curriculum design,　lesson planning, discourse features and teacher-student interaction in English-medium classrooms in China. Contributors to this volume consists of a panel of highly respected researchers in the fields of bilingual education, English-medium instruction, classroom discourse analysis and language program evaluation.

Chapters include,


Balance of Content and Language in English-Medium Instruction Classrooms


English-Medium Instruction in a Math Classroom: An Observation Study of Classroom Discourse


Asking and answering questions in EMI classrooms: What is the Cognitive and Syntactic Complexity Level?

Book details

Series:
Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education
Author:
Jing Zhao, L. Quentin Dixon
ISBN:
9781317211501
Related ISBNs:
9781315618623, 9781138668454, 9781138668454, 9781138365865, 9781138365865, 9781138365865, 9781138668454, 9781315618623
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
218
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-02-18
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2017
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Language Arts, Nonfiction