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Just published Open Access in Language Teaching :
A critical review of English medium instruction (EMI) teacher development in higher education: From 2018 to 2022

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 January 2025

Kailun Wang, Rui Yuan and Peter I. De Costa

Through a systematic process of paper selection and review, we have identified three general routes to EMI teacher development, namely: (1) formal training activities; (2) opportunities for teacher collaboration; and (3) self-initiated practices. For each route, we presented a critical appraisal of their design and implementation, as well as reported gains and challenges. Meanwhile, we also conducted a critical analysis of the methodological issues pertaining to the selected papers. Overall, we argue that EMI teacher development in higher education is largely construed as a hybrid, contested, and transformative enterprise featured by EMI teachers' constant boundary-crossing at different levels to seek professional growth in linguistic, pedagogical, cultural, and psychological domains. During this process, EMI teachers may encounter conflicted dispositions, power asymmetries, and individual contradictions. Such a process thus requires EMI teachers to rethink, reexamine, and reflect critically on their accustomed preconceptions and practices, in order to facilitate transformation and achieve sustainability in the long run. The review also presents implications for EMI teachers, teacher educators, policymakers, and researchers on effectively facilitating EMI teacher development in higher education.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-teaching/article/critical-review-of-english-medium-instruction-emi-teacher-development-in-higher-education-from-2018-to-2022/274760963B396A7042ADA1E4268BCCDA

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How to do a holistic literature review FAST?

Identifying relevant papers for your literature review can be time consuming.

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More specifically, Litmaps helps you to

- Discover papers for your literature review.
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- Share papers via reference manager for your literature review.
- Get alerted about new papers to add to your literature review.

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1. Manually identify 10 most relevant papers to your topic.
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3. Click on 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 and then on 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
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5. Enter the title of the first paper from the 10 selected papers.
6. Add the selected paper/article to 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.
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9. Click on 𝑆𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑝 and it will show you a map of the most relevant articles.
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Just published: Narrative trajectory in identity and subjectivity research in applied linguistics
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By: Steven Yeung in Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

This paper introduces the concept of narrative trajectory as an analytical approach to exploring the development of identity and subjectivity.

Published open access

Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100189

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772766125000102?via%3Dihub

An overview of Independent samples t-test

The independent samples t-test is a statistical method used to compare the means of two separate groups to see if there is a significant difference between them. Here I present a simple breakdown:

1. Purpose: It helps you determine if the difference in averages between two groups is likely due to chance or if it reflects a real difference in the populations they represent.

2. When to Use: You use this test when you have two different groups of subjects (e.g., males vs. females, experimental group vs. control group) and you want to compare their scores on a continuous variable (e.g., test scores, reaction times).

3. Assumptions:
- The data in each group should be normally distributed.
- The variances of the two groups should be approximately equal (homogeneity of variance).
- The observations should be independent of each other.

4. How It Works:
- The t-test calculates the difference between the two group means and divides it by the standard error of the difference.
- The result is a t-value, which you then compare to a critical value from the t-distribution table based on your desired level of significance (usually 0.05) and the degrees of freedom.

5. Interpretation:
- If the calculated t-value is greater than the critical value, you reject the null hypothesis, suggesting that there is a significant difference between the two groups.
- If it is less, you fail to reject the null hypothesis, indicating that any observed difference could be due to chance.

This test is widely used in applied linguistics research to compare the effectiveness of different teaching methods, language learning strategies, or any other interventions between two distinct groups.

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