Student Perceptions of Lecturer Talk in EMI Classrooms: a Qualitative Inquiry into Participation and Comprehension
Published: 7/7/2025
Abstract
This research focuses on English-Medium Instruction (EMI), an educational approach that is spreading widely and rapidly in higher education institutions throughout the world because it is regarded as a lynchpin of the internationalisation process. The main aim of the Element is to provide critical insights into EMI implementation and the results obtained from the impact of teaching and learning both content and language in a foreign language, translanguaging practices in English-medium lectures, and how assessment has hitherto been addressed. This study was conducted at UHAMKA UNIVERSITY. The object of this study was 8 students talk during the classroom interaction in the teaching and learning process inside the classroom. The method of this study was a qualitative study. The writer used interviews and audio recordings as instruments of this study.
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