Feasibility of Introducing English as a Partial Medium of Instruction in Iranian Senior High Schools

Mohammad Reza Ghorbani

doi:10.5294/laclil.2019.12.2.5

Autores/as

Mohammad Reza Ghorbani Autor/a University of Bojnord http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1233-3991

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5294/laclil.2019.12.2.5

Palabras clave:

Inglés como medio de instrucción parcial, aprendizaje integrado de contenidos y lenguas extranjeras, inglés como medio de instrucción, AICLE, inglés como lengua extranjera, contexto, enseñanza secundaria, internacionalización, globalización

Resumen

Viabilidad de introducir el inglés como medio parcial de instrucción en las escuelas secundarias iraníes

Viabilidade de introduzir o inglês como meio parcial de ensino nas escolas secundárias iranianas

El uso del Aprendizaje Integrado de Contenidos y Lenguas Extranjeras ha aumentado en muchos países europeos simultáneamente al uso del inglés como medio de instrucción en los países no angloparlantes como resultado de la globalización y la internacionalización. Desde la revolución de 1979, la discusión sobre el inglés como medio de instrucción en la educación formal iraní ha sido un tabú. Este estudio busca descubrir las posibilidades de introducir el inglés como un medio parcial de instrucción (EPMI) para las matemáticas y las ciencias en las escuelas secundarias superiores. El diseño de métodos mixtos convergentes se utilizó para recopilar las perspectivas de los estudiantes, los maestros del área de contenido, los padres y el personal administrativo en Bojnord a través de entrevistas por correo electrónico y cuestionarios de encuestas. La mayoría de los entrevistados en la fase cualitativa, así como la mayoría de los estudiantes, padres, maestros y personal administrativo en la fase cuantitativa han apoyado el posible uso de EPMI. Los resultados de este estudio sugieren consideraciones futuras para ayudar a las autoridades educativas del lenguaje a tomar decisiones para superar las limitaciones de dominio del idioma de los estudiantes mientras desarrollan programas eficientes y efectivos para AICLE.

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Ghorbani, M. R. (2019). Feasibility of adopting English as a partial medium of instruction for mathematics and science subjects in Iranian senior high school. Latin American Journal of Content & Language Integrated Learning, 12(2), 292-320. https://doi.org/10.5294/laclil.2019.12.2.5

Received: 03/10/2019

Approved: 03/01/2020

Published: 11/05/2020

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Biografía del autor/a

Mohammad Reza Ghorbani, University of Bojnord

Dr. Mohammad Reza Ghorbani is Associate Professor of Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at the University of Bojnord (UB), Bojnord, Iran. He has worked as an EFL teacher and researcher in Iran, Japan, and Malaysia since 1990. He has published five books on educational issues in Iran and three in Germany as well as 29 articles in specialized international journals. He has also presented 11 papers in national and international conferences. His interests are English Teaching, Learning, Testing, and Evaluation. He is currently vice-president for student affairs at UB.

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