Researching EMI policy and practice multilingually: reflections from China and Turkey

IF 2.1 2区 文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Jim McKinley, Kari Sahan, Sihan Zhou, H. Rose
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In the field of English medium instruction (EMI), multilingual research approaches are crucial to carrying out effective and ethically responsible research, because EMI policies and practices are inherently multilingual. This paper is a partial replication study that adopts a ‘researching mul-tilingually’ analytical framework to interrogate the challenges and affor-dances of using multiple languages during two EMI research projects. In the project in Turkey, the lead researcher, who is an English-Turkish bilingual, analysed policy documents (n = 145) and interview data (n = 67) drawing on her knowledge of both languages. Additionally, 85 EMI classroom observations were conducted. In the project in China, the research team of two L1 English speakers and two L1 Chinese speakers investigated 93 bilingual policy documents and conducted inter-views with 26 policy arbiters by drawing on both languages during data collection and analysis. Together, these reflections highlight how multilingual approaches can be utilised throughout the research process, from team formation, research design, data collection, data analysis, and presentation of findings in research reports.
多语言研究EMI政策与实践——来自中土两国的思考
在英语教学领域,多语言研究方法对于进行有效和道德负责的研究至关重要,因为英语教学的政策和实践本质上是多语言的。本文是一项部分复制研究,采用“多语言研究”的分析框架,探讨在两个EMI研究项目中使用多种语言的挑战和好处。在土耳其的项目中,首席研究员是一名英土耳其语双语者,她利用自己的两种语言知识分析了政策文件(n=145)和采访数据(n=67)。此外,还进行了85次EMI课堂观察。在中国的项目中,由两名母语为英语和汉语的研究团队调查了93份双语政策文件,并在数据收集和分析过程中利用两种语言与26名政策仲裁者进行了交流。总之,这些思考突出了如何在整个研究过程中使用多语言方法,从团队组建、研究设计、数据收集、数据分析到研究报告中的研究结果展示。
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期刊介绍: Language & Education provides a forum for the discussion of recent topics and issues in the language disciplines which have an immediate bearing upon thought and practice in education. Articles draw from their subject matter important and well-communicated implications for one or more of the following: curriculum, pedagogy or evaluation in education. The task of the Journal is to encourage language specialists and language in education researchers to organise and present their material in such a way as to highlight its educational implications, thereby influencing educational theorists and practitioners and therefore educational outcomes for individual children.
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