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To Survive or to Thrive? Synthesizing the Narrative Trajectories of Students' Self-Regulated Listening Practice in an EMI Transnational Higher Education Context
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Sihan Zhou; Nathan Thomas – Language and Education, 2025
English-medium instruction (EMI) has burgeoned alongside two decades of L2 self-regulated learning research. In both areas, listening remains under-researched, longitudinal designs are under-employed, and in-depth studies are necessary to unpack learner development. In a context believed to initiate self-regulated learning, the current study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Transitioning from Secondary School to an English-Medium Transnational University in China: A Longitudinal Study of Student Self-Efficacy and Motivational Beliefs
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Sihan Zhou; Gene Thompson; Sirui Zhou – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This longitudinal study explores changes in self-efficacy and motivational beliefs for learners beginning to study via English-medium instruction (EMI) at a transnational university in China. Following first-year local Chinese students over their first semester of learning via EMI, the study focuses on changes in learner self-efficacy beliefs…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen