Understanding EAP Learners’ Beliefs about Language Learning from a Socio-cultural Perspective : A Longitudinal Study at an EMI Context in Mainland China / by Chili Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Chili, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Sociolinguistics.

Language Teaching and Learning.

Language Education.

Local Subjects:

Language Teaching and Learning.

Language Education.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

Summary:

This book focuses on the dynamic nature of EAP (English for academic purposes) learners’ beliefs about language learning in their shift from an EFL (English as a foreign language) environment to an EMI (English as the medium of instruction) setting in mainland China. It adopts a mixed method paradigm, whose quantitative part aims to capture the general dynamic feature of the selected student population, while its qualitative part attempts to unveil the process of change in beliefs about language learning among the sample. It is hypothesized that the change in their beliefs about language learning is the result of the interplay between the learners’ agency and the mediation of the contextual realities at the institutional and social levels.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Literature Review

Chapter 3. Research Methodology

Chapter 4. Results Regarding Beliefs about Language Learning

Chapter 5. Socio-cultural Interpretation of the Results

Chapter 6. Conclusions and Recommendations. .

ISBN:

9789811601392

9811601399