It takes two to tango: online teacher tandems for teaching in English

Valcke, Jennifer; Alfaro, Elena Romero

doi:10.14705/rpnet.2016.telecollab2016.504

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“…In the past two decades many diverse programs and support schemes have been developed. The latter range from advisory sessions to online discussions between EMI lecturers of different countries, such as Two to Tango (Valcke and Romero Alfaro 2016). Some training courses have fixed contents without adaptation for specific contexts and cultures, such as the Cambridge Certificate on EMI Skills and the EMI Oxford course (Martinez and Fernandes 2020), whereas others have conducted needs' analysis to provide for the specific necessities of their lecturers and students, as was done in the British Council China (Gay, Bewick, and French 2020).…”

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Prof-teaching: an English-medium instruction professional development program with a digital, linguistic and pedagogical approach

Morell

Aleson-Carbonell

Escabias-Lloret

2022

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

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The increase of English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education has encouraged institutions to provide their academic staff with professional development courses. In this paper, we present the case study of Prof-teaching, a comprehensive EMI teacher training program at a Spanish university with a digital, linguistic and pedagogical approach. The main objective is to determine if the program meets the needs of the institution's current and prospective EMI lecturers. For this purpose, the university context, the key factors that promoted the program, and the objectives and components of its three modules are described. Then, a survey is conducted to gather demographic data and information about Prof-teaching participants' experience, motivation, needs and challenges in relation to EMI. Among the most interesting results was that experienced EMI lecturers claimed that pedagogical training was more important than developing linguistic competence, whereas inexperienced teachers were more concerned with their level of English. In general, the findings of the survey and final course evaluation questionnaires provide evidence of the benefits of the Prof-teaching EMI professional development program. The paper highlights the importance of collaborative efforts among university units to implement EMI teacher training initiatives, as well as conducting periodic needs analysis and quality evaluations. In addition, it is recommended that programs provide lecturers with support technology and that they include mentoring schemes with previously trained EMI content lecturers who already have experience in teaching their subjects in English.

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Prof-teaching: an English-medium instruction professional development program with a digital, linguistic and pedagogical approach

Morell

Aleson-Carbonell

Escabias-Lloret

2022

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching

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On-line Course in English Medium Instruction for Academic Staff

Volchenkova

2020

2020 International Conference Quality Management, Transport and Information Security, Information Technologies (IT&QM&I

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Researching English as a Medium of Instruction in University Lecturers' Teaching Methodology

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Agulló

2020

Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development

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There has recently been an increase in English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in higher education (HE). The growth of EMI has led to a proliferation of descriptive research on teachers' linguistic competence, learners' and teachers' perceptions of and attitudes toward EMI, the methodology implemented in English as a medium of instruction, and the support and training provided to EMI teaching staff. However, to date, this rise in EMI has not been accompanied by a plethora of research on pedagogical and linguistic considerations. This chapter sheds light on some of these factors, with a focus on lecturers' teaching methodology. Focus group interviews and case study analyses were conducted involving EMI lecturers from a university in southern Spain. The data obtained in this study have been used to establish a pedagogical proposal for in-service EMI teacher training.

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It takes two to tango: online teacher tandems for teaching in English

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Prof-teaching: an English-medium instruction professional development program with a digital, linguistic and pedagogical approach

Prof-teaching: an English-medium instruction professional development program with a digital, linguistic and pedagogical approach

On-line Course in English Medium Instruction for Academic Staff

Researching English as a Medium of Instruction in University Lecturers' Teaching Methodology

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