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Author Lu, Zhongshe

Title Teaching and Researching Chinese EFL/ESL Learners in Higher Education
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (345 p.)
Series China Perspectives Ser
China Perspectives Ser
Contents Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors -- Part I: Curriculum development and classroom teaching -- 1. Feedback and doctoral student writing -- Introduction -- Supervisor feedback on doctoral student writing -- Examiner feedback on doctoral student writing -- Focus of the chapter -- Indirectness in supervisors' feedback -- Indirectness in examiners' feedback -- Reader roles in examiners' reports -- Conclusion -- References
2. Influences on and impact of motives for supervising master's theses: A multiple-case study -- Introduction -- Previous research on supervisors' motives -- Methodology -- Participants -- Data collection and analysis -- Results -- Supervision as research training -- Supervision as learning to become a better supervisor -- Supervision as supporting the completion of a thesis -- Supervision as gatekeeping -- Factors shaping supervisors' motives -- Previous learning experience and academic exposure -- Individual beliefs -- Students' academic competence and language proficiency -- Discussion
What motives do supervisors have, and how do they shape supervisory practices and student agency in learning? -- What factors influence supervisory motives? -- Conclusion: Limitations and implications -- References -- 3. English majors' perceptions of a content course: Classroom anxiety, motivation intensity and paper-writing approaches -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Classroom anxiety -- Motivation intensity -- Approaches to course paper writing -- Research questions -- The present study -- Participants -- Instruments -- Expectations and perceptions of the course
The Classroom Anxiety Scale -- The Motivation Intensity Scale -- Attitudes towards the Course Scale -- The course paper writing approaches questionnaire -- Course performance -- Procedure -- Data analyses -- Results -- Expectations and perceptions of the course -- Classroom anxiety, motivation intensity and attitudes towards the course -- Correlations between the measured scales and course performance -- Course paper writing approaches -- Correlations between self-reported accomplishments and writing performance -- Predictors for course performance -- Discussion
Students' perceptions of the course -- Course paper writing approaches -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Appendix Students' responses to the questionnaire items (N = 54) -- 4. Professional development in English medium instruction in higher education: A case study -- Introduction -- English medium instruction (EMI) -- Defining EMI -- Rapid growth of EMI-A global phenomenon -- EMI promoted by the Chinese government -- EMI at Tsinghua University -- The study -- Results -- Personal information and attitude towards EMI -- Difficulties in teaching EMI -- Interviews
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Designing an EMI teacher training programme
Form Electronic book
Author Liu, Meihua
Zhang, Wenxia
ISBN 9781000395280
1000395286