沙特 EFL 学生对英语教学中跨语言教学的看法

Bakheet Almatrafi
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在沙特阿拉伯,英语越来越多地被用作高等教育的教学语言(EMI)。最近的研究收集了沙特学生对英语教学媒介的看法,发现一些参与者更喜欢英语和阿拉伯语混合使用。虽然这些研究提供了有价值的结果,但它们在调查参与者的看法之前,并没有让他们接触翻译语言。因此,本文报告了一项定量研究的结果,该研究调查了 18 名沙特大学生对为期四周、旨在提高他们学术写作能力的翻译语言教学干预的看法。本研究的目的是调查将翻译语言教学法纳入 EMI 环境的有效性。研究使用了由 12 个项目组成的李克特量表问卷来收集数据,然后通过 SPSS 对数据进行分析。调查结果显示,大多数参与者认为翻译语言很有用,因为它降低了课程和活动的难度,使其更容易理解。我们建议教师和政策制定者在高等教育中采取灵活的语言使用政策,将翻译语言作为 EMI 环境中的一种教学媒介正常化。我们还讨论了将翻译语言作为教学媒介的意义,以及对未来研究方向的建议。
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Saudi EFL Students’ Perceptions of Pedagogical Translanguaging in English Medium Instruction
The English language has been increasingly used as a medium of instruction (EMI) at the tertiary level in Saudi Arabia. Recent research has garnered Saudi students’ perceptions regarding EMI, revealing that some participants preferred a mixture of English and Arabic. Although these studies have provided valuable results, they did not expose participants to translanguaging before investigating their perceptions. Hence, this paper reports on the findings of a quantitative study that surveyed 18 Saudi college students about their perceptions of a four-week pedagogical translanguaging intervention delivered to improve their academic writing skills. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of incorporating pedagogical translanguaging into an EMI setting. A Likert-scale questionnaire consisting of 12 items was used to collect data after which it was analyzed via SPSS. Findings revealed most participants found translanguaging useful as it made lessons and activities less challenging and more comprehensible. We suggest that teachers and policymakers adopt a flexible language use policy in tertiary education, normalizing translanguaging as a medium of instruction in EMI contexts. Implications for incorporating translanguaging as a medium of instruction and recommendations for future research directions are discussed.
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