Attitudes Towards Using English as a Medium of Instruction for Professional Development

• 作者: Hasan M.Al-Wadi
• 来源期刊: 美中外语：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: ENGLISH AS medium of instruction(EMI) ATTITUDES NON-NATIVE ENGLISH speaking learners(NNESL) professional development
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（2）
• 页码范围: 77-87
• 页数: 11页
• 分类号: H3

摘要

This study aimed to investigate the educational leaders’attitudes as non-native English speaking learners towards the use of English as the main medium of instruction during their study in the leadership postgraduate program at Bahrain Teachers College,University of Bahrain.The study also attempted to explore if there were any influences on those participants’attitudes that could be attributed to the variables of gender or academic specialization in this regard.A descriptive quantitative method was implemented through using a survey questionnaire due to its suitability to the nature of the study and selected sample.The study findings revealed moderate attitudes on the part of the educational leaders towards using English as their medium of instruction in their professional development program,indicating a limited effect of learning in English on those participants’professional growth.In addition,the results indicated a significant influence of the academic specialization in shaping the participants’attitudes towards using English for their professional growth.On the other hand,the results also reflected some contradictory findings that despite the moderate attitudes the participants showed towards studying in English during their program,their attitudes towards using English to learn the course subject content were low.