The Use of Technology in English Medium Education (eBook)

This volume discusses how the use of technology creates opportunities for effective teaching practice and illustrates ways to apply innovative and stimulating ways to engage and interact with students on-line. This research-led book brings together teaching practice and case studies and provides a comprehensive understanding of how technology can enhance teaching and learning through English as medium of instruction. It helps to further the understanding of challenges that language teachers and learners may experience, and provides suggested solutions to address these challenges. It also reflects on the use of technology trough case studies and practical tasks. This book brings theory and practice together and it informs research and classroom practices. It will therefore be of great value to teachers in training as well as to those already working or researching in the field.

Dr. Jack K.H. Pun is Assistant professor in the Department of English at the City University of Hong Kong. He completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford, which explored the teaching and learning process in EMI science classrooms, with a special focus on classroom interactions, use of codeswitching, and teachers' and students' views of EMI. His research interests lie in EMI and health communication. His research has been published in journals such as ELT Journal, Language Teaching, RELC Journal, Journal of English for Academic Purposes and International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. He is associate editor of Journal of Research in Science & Technological Education, and published two books in EMI: Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction: An Introduction (with Jack C. Richards) and Research Methods in English Medium Instruction (with Samantha Curle) by Routledge.

Samantha Curle is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Education, University of Bath. After completing her undergraduate degrees at the Open University of Hong Kong, Samantha taught English in countries such as Taiwan, Singapore and Macau. She then pursued post-graduate studies at the University of Oxford, where she completed her DPhil. She currently teaches Advanced Quantitative Research Methods as well as subjects related to Applied Linguistics. Her research interests lie in the development and validation of research instruments, English Medium Instruction, and Language Attitudes. Her EMI-related research has recently appeared in journals such as Language Teaching, Studies in Higher Education and International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

Dogan Yuksel is an Associate Professor of English Language Teaching at Kocaeli University's Faculty of Education. He holds a PhD from Florida State University's Foreign and Second Language Education program, a Master's degree in TESOL from the University of Pennsylvania. His research areas of interest include Classroom Discourse, English-Medium Instruction, and Vygotskyan Dynamic Assessment. His most work has been published in such journals as International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), Applied Linguistics Review, Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, International Journal of Applied Linguistics and System. He is the co-editor of four books on English Language Teaching and Classroom Discourse, and co-author of the book titled 'Use of literature for language teaching. A course book.'