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Fluctuating and entangled emotions at a UAE English-medium university

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ID21582552
AutoresSarah Hopkyn (0000-0003-0152-4108, Zayed University, autor correspondente), Christina Gkonou (0000-0003-2712-6976, University of Essex)
Ano2023
Volume75
Páginas101148
Data de publicação2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics and Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0898-5898 • E-ISSN: 1873-1864
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.linged.2023.101148
OpenAlexW4323045778
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34
Referências citadas43

English-medium education in multilingual university settings (EMEMUS) hosts a complex concoction of emotions amongst stakeholders. English-medium instruction (EMI) dominates higher education in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). For students, EMI creates both affordances and pressures resulting in pride, confidence, anxiety, guilt, shame, and (un)belonging. For university teachers, navigating EMEMUS can be an ‘emotion-laden process’ involving shifting identities, energy-intensive teaching methodologies, intercultural demands and ‘emotional labor’. This article presents findings from a phenomenological case study involving ten transnational university teachers and 110 Emirati undergraduate students at a UAE EMEMUS. Through metalinguistic reflections, participants discussed emotions and levels of belonging. Thematic analysis of the data revealed shifting positionalities which led to complex and entangled emotions. Intersecting identity aspects such as English proficiency, linguistic background, and language ideologies influenced emotional experiences. The article argues for greater recognition of stakeholders’ emotional labor and sociolinguistic lived realities rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to EMI

Aesthetics · English as a lingua franca · Gratitude · Ideology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Lingua franca · Linguistics · Medium of instruction · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Pride · Qualitative research · Shame · Social science · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology

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Obras citantes distintas34
Citações por ano11,33
Intervalo de citações2023 - 2026 (4)
Velocidade de citaçãocurrent
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Tipos de citaçãoNeutras: 33
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