A Study of Students' Self-Evaluation toward EMI(English Medium Instruction)Courses-Take students in South Taiwan University of Science and Technology for example

• Main Authors: Tu Meng-Chun, 杜孟純
• Other Authors: Da-Fu Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35096601151060040533

碩士 === 南台科技大學 === 應用英語系 === 100 === The purpose of the present study was to investigate student self-evaluations of learning motivation, learning anxiety, and learning achievement toward English-medium instruction (EMI) courses. The study participants were 157 students, including 64 foreign students, who took EMI courses at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology during the second semester of 2012. The collected data were quantitatively analyzed with descriptive statistics, independent-sample t-tests, and Pearson Correlation using SPSS 17.0 for Windows. Eight volunteer interviewees also participated in the investigation, and the interview data were qualitatively analyzed. The major findings were as follows: 1. More than 75% EMI students agreed that those courses are helpful for them (M = 452). 2. To interact with students of different nationalities can motivate participants to become involved in the full-English course. 3. The major difficulty that students encounter in the full-English course is their low English proficiency level. 4. The teachers’ English proficiency and teaching methods affected student learning achievement. 5. The differences in learning motivation, learning anxiety, and learning achievement between local and foreign students were significant. 6. The correlation between learning motivation and learning anxiety was significant. Key words: English Medium Instruction (EMI), Learning Motivation, Learning Anxiety, Learning Achievement.