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DESCRIPTION:Saudi universities have\, for some time now\, embraced Englis
 h as a means of instruction in teaching content courses. Against such a 
 linguistic transformation at universities\, little research has been don
 e on students' attitudes towards instructors in EMI settings\, and very 
 far few in the Saudi context. However\, researching students' attitudes 
 toward English instructors has accrued the majority in the ESL/EFL liter
 ature. Therefore\, this study explores students' attitudes for non-nativ
 e English-(NNE) speaking instructors in content courses. The data collec
 ted by using exploratory sequential mixed methods\, i.e. qualitative and
  quantitative approaches. The qualitative phase gathered by using four i
 nterviews and two focus groups as an exploratory stage. Results from the
  initial investigation (qualitative methods) revealed that students diff
 ered in their attitudes towards EMI instructors ranged from positive to 
 negative and neutral ones based on different factors. Among the students
  showing favourable attitude\, more students were found to be geared tow
 ards Arab instructors\, mainly\, local instructors\, i.e. Saudi\, to tea
 ch them content courses. The interview data also showed that instructors
  (e.g. Indian/Pakistani) do not meet the students' expectations in conte
 nt courses and\, therefore\, receive negative evaluations. Several stude
 nts do not make a specific preference for a particular group of instruct
 ors\, instead of that\, effective delivery of the knowledge is more impo
 rtant than who delivers the content courses. The findings highlight the 
 factors influencing students' attitudes towards NNE EMI instructors\, of
 fering some implications for instructor’s recruitment and improvement in
  Saudi Arabia.
URL:https://68stuts.bildungs.cafe/events/336.html
SUMMARY:Saudi university students’ attitudes towards their multiple non-n
 ative EMI instructors: Exploratory study
ORGANIZER:stuts68
LOCATION:stuts68 - Clotilde Tambroni
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