WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics
Print ISSN: 1109-9526, E-ISSN: 2224-2899
Volume 13, 2016
Enroll an EMI Course Offered by NSTs or not? Perspective of Undergraduates in Taiwan
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Abstract: English has become one of the most vital skills that non-Westerners university students need to acquire. Most universities in Taiwan have either expanded the percentage of English medium instruction (EMI) lectures offered by native-speaking teachers (NST). Why, or why not, do students endroll an EMI course offered by a NST? The purpose of this paper is to propose a partial least squares (PLS) model on the relationship between EMI determinants and the enrollment from the perspective of students in Taiwan. The result shows that student determinants comprise the key factor affecting the EMI enrollment; teacher determinants, course determinants and keyman determinants all play stimulator and bridging roles regarding the students’ EMI evaluation. It provides insights for the related entities regarding enhancement of higher education in an EMI context.
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Keywords: English medium instruction (EMI), native speaking teachers (NST), partial least squares (PLS), undergrates, Taiwan
Pages: 311-320
WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1109-9526 / 2224-2899, Volume 13, 2016, Art. #29