Author: Jiang, L., Zhang, L. J. & May, S.
Recommended by: Gema Alcaráz Mármol
“It deals with EMI instructions in different areas, focusing on communication strategies. It also explores FL students’ motivation and academic interest.”
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Lecturer education for English Medium Instruction
Author: Martín del Pozo, M. A.
Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera
“This paper reflects on the concept of English Medium Instruction and presents the benefits for institutions and practitioners involved. Special attention is given to methodological implications and teacher training, including some indications for trainers or for those who may undertake autonomous training to teach through English.”
Language and Content Outcomes of CLIL and EMI: A Systematic Review
Author: Graham, K. M., Choi, Y., Davoodi, A., Razmeh, S. & Dixon, L. Q.
Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera
“Using a systematic review, this study examines current literature on the effect of CBI on language
and content outcomes. The results show mixed findings on the effectiveness of CBI on student outcomes as well as multiple methodological issues. They conclude with a call for future research of CBI outcomes that examine a variety of countries and account for the methodological flaws identified.”
Higher education teachers’ attitudes towards English medium instruction: A three-country comparison
Author: Dearden, J. & Macaro, E.
Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera
“This paper reports on a small scale exploratory comparison of lecturers and tutors in three universities situated in Poland, Austria and Italy and describes their attitudes towards the growing phenomenon of English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education in their respective countries. It concludes that further research of such comparative kind might provide insights into how the phenomenon of EMI is being introduced and accepted across the world.”
Teaching in English Is Not Necessarily the Teaching of English
Author: Chapple, J.
Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera
“This article explains how a growing number of the nation’s universities are increasingly offering classes–and even entire courses–in English. This paper firstly explores the theoretical background and rationale behind the trend. It concludes with practical recommendations for greater language support activities and warns of the implications of naively equating EMI alone to an automatic improvement in English language ability in the Japanese context.”
Linguistic Outcomes of English Medium Instruction Programmes in Higher Education: A study on Economics Undergraduates at a Catalan University
Author: Ament, J. R. & Pérez-Vidal, C.
Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera
“This article examines the effects of EMI and provides a theoretical background about EMI, CLIL and ICLHE. It highlights some research results about the linguistic gains of EMI in a particular context. Reflection on the viability and effectiveness of EMI implementation in HE.”
Healthy habits in pre-schoolers and their families. An invitation to reflection
Author: Solano-Pinto, N., Canales, I.S., Cézar, R.F., López, S.C., & Bardera, C.P.
Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto
“This study analyses some health-related habits in a sample of families with children aged 3-5 years.”
Using Smartphones as Experimental Tools, a Follow-up: Cognitive Effects by Video Analysis and Reduction of Cognitive Load by Multiple Representations
Author: Hochberg, K., Becker, S., Louis, M. et al.
Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto
“The principal aim in this paper is research about the cognitive effects of mobile devices (smartphones or tablets) among students at secondary schools. This research use a quasi- experimental study through treatment- control group comparison in relationship affective variables such as interest, self- concept and curiosity.”
The Relationship Between Theory of Mind and Social Interest: A Literature Review
Author: Lam, B.
Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto
“In this paper you can find information about different level in theory of mind and their relations with social factors. The most interest in this article are the explication about different level of the theory of mind across the lifespan. Likewise, the author included the relationship between mental disorder with impaired cognitive functioning.”
Competitive children, cooperative mothers? Effect of various social factors on the retrospective and prospective use of theory of mind
Author: Castellano-Navarro, A., Guillén-Salazar, F. & Albiach-Serrano, A.
Recommended by: Natalia Solano Pinto
“This paper shows experimental research in the evolutive psychology field, in three experimental trials and different contexts: competitive and cooperative contexts. The results has been suggested that the cooperative attitude between children and their mother could be linked to the positive development of the theory of mind.”