Repository of Materials and Resources for English-Medium Instruction
Repositorio conjunto de las aportaciones de los proyectos REMARE- EMI (2019-2021) y INEMICEF (2021-2023) dirigidos por Esther Nieto Moreno de Diezmas y financiados por el Vicerrectorado de Estudios, Calidad y Acreditación de la UCLM.
Author: Jamie Zepeda
Recommended by: Ana Belén Alarcón Utrera
“In this article, the author describes his experience with a mixed and culturally heterogeneous group of children in kindergarten, who did not know each other previously. The author states that these children developed feelings of community, understanding and empathy in the class through shared storytelling and story acting.”
Author: Nurul Mujahidah, Eka Damayanti & Ahmad Afiif
Recommended by: Ana Belén Alarcón Utrera
“The aim of this study is to show how the use of hand puppets in storytelling is beneficial for children. As the use of hand puppets encourages children to speak more skilfully and awakens their interest in listening, as well as increasing their self-confidence and developing their literacy skills. Making children able to retell stories, increasing word recognition and vocabulary.”
Author: Denise E. Agosto
Recommended by: Ana Belén Alarcón Utrera
“In this article, the author investigates some of the already assumed benefits of storytelling in relation to the emotional connection between the storyteller and the listeners, or the literacy benefits of the storytelling for literacy. The findings of the study reaffirm the importance of storytelling and its benefits.”
Author: Rakoczy, H.
<b>Recommended by: Maria Stavraki
“Paper about the development of thinking processes in infants”
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.2044-835X.2011.02061.x
Author: Laible, D. J., & Thompson, R. A.
Recommended by: Maria Stavraki
“Paper about emotional development in preschool children.”
Author: Ramadhani, P.
Recommended by: María Isabel Jiménez González
“Although it is a rather dense and theoretical article, teachers using EMI can get some hints and tips related to the oral communication of their (computer engineering) students.”
Author: Bula, O.
Recommended by: María Isabel Jiménez González
“From page 75 onwards, an example lesson plan and materials are shown, based on the discipline of chemistry, where listening strategies are applied to understand lectures, both in class and in lectures. It seems to be more focused on students, but teachers could use the expressions in handout #2 and 4.”
Author: Daddi, H. & Ul Haq, M. Z.
Recommended by: David Carrascosa Cañego
“This research aimed to reveal what strategies were applied by lecturers in English speaking class, how those strategies were applied and to know the students’ perceptions towards the use of those strategies.”
Author: Macaro, E.
Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera
“This article analyses EMI teachers’ discourse in a Chinese university, particularly oral explanations of unfamiliar lexical item in EMI subjects. It is a comparative study between oral explanations and the information provided by dictionaries in order to gain insights into the challenges teachers face when putting across the meaning of words which may not have direct equivalence in both languages.”
Author: Sánchez-García, D.
Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera
“This study examines the discourse strategies deployed in the teaching of the same disciplinary content through both their L1 and their L2 to examine the extent to which these strategies help teachers achieve their communicative goal. The study unveils the impact of the language of instruction on teachers’ communicative strategies and sheds light on teachers’ pressing linguistic needs.”