Refereed journal article or data article (A1)
Accommodating to English-medium instruction in teacher education in Finland
List of Authors: Kaisa Hahl, Heini-Marja Järvinen, Kalle Juuti
Publisher: Blackwell
Publication year: 2016
Journal: International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Volume number: 26
Issue number: 3
Start page: 291
End page: 310
Number of pages: 20
ISSN: 0802-6106
eISSN: 1473-4192
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12093
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.