Refereed journal article or data article (A1)

Accommodating to English-medium instruction in teacher education in Finland




List of AuthorsKaisa Hahl, Heini-Marja Järvinen, Kalle Juuti

PublisherBlackwell

Publication year2016

JournalInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics

Volume number26

Issue number3

Start page291

End page310

Number of pages20

ISSN0802-6106

eISSN1473-4192

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12093


Abstract

This study analyses teacher educators' and student teachers' perceptions
of teaching and learning situations in an international E nglish as a
lingua franca (ELF ) context in an E nglish‐medium instruction (EMI )
teacher education programme in F inland. The analysis of semi‐structured
interviews revealed that the participants perceived a partial reversal
of traditional teacher and student roles; students assisted voluntarily
and teaching became reciprocal. Some teachers reflected on having used
typical strategies in ELF context, such as code‐switching, to further
communication and engage students. However, teachers' lack of fluency
was sometimes considered causing frustration among students and affected
negatively their feeling of being professional teacher educators.
Nevertheless, by increasing more learner‐led activities, ELF can
positively affect teacher education pedagogy.


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