Language Practices and Attitudes in EFL and English-Medium Classes at a University in Eastern Ukraine
Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show how English and the predominant native language (L1), Russian, are used in classes of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and classes in which English is a medium of instruction (EMI) in a single Ukrainian university.Classes were taught by 13 teachers including the authors.Uses of English and Russian/Ukrainian were documented over 9 months in the form of ethnographic field notes, audio recording, and video recording.Semistructured interviews and informal conversations captured student and teacher attitudes towards English and Russian/Ukrainian use.The authors found multiple purposes for using the L1.Teachers and students consider the use of the L1 in the classroom to be a natural function of the need for comprehension.
Authors: Oleg Tarnopolsky, Bridget Goodman
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2409818237