English-Medium Instruction in Singapore Higher Education: Policy, Realities and Challenges

Autor/inn/en	Bolton, Kingsley; Botha, Werner; Bacon-Shone, John
Titel	English-Medium Instruction in Singapore Higher Education: Policy, Realities and Challenges
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 38 (2017) 10, S.913-930 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2017.1304396
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Language of Instruction; English; Language Usage; Student Needs; Coping; Foreign Students; Sociolinguistics; Language Planning; Interpersonal Communication; Language Proficiency; Comparative Analysis; Communicative Competence (Languages); Code Switching (Language); Online Surveys; Data Analysis; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; English language; Englisch; Sprachgebrauch; Bewältigung; Soziolinguistik; Sprachwechsel; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Auswertung; Singapur
Abstract	Within the Asian region, Singapore has long been seen as a leader within the field of higher education, with an unmatched record of success in implementing English-medium instruction (EMI) at all levels of education, including colleges and universities. This present study reports on a large-scale survey carried out at one of Singapore's major universities on the use of English as a teaching medium at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Key findings from the survey foreground the difficulties and needs of students coping with EMI instruction at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. One important result here highlights the specific problems of overseas postgraduate students (including many from mainland China), a finding that resonates with the sociolinguistics of higher education in many other international universities in an era of global education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01