Year 25 No. 2 Supplement (2017): Issue 2/2017 Supplement
Articles

Students’ Outcomes in English-Medium Instruction: Is there any Difference Related to Discipline?

Published 03/10/2018

Keywords

  • ICLHE,
  • content acquisition,
  • content presentation,
  • English-medium instruction,
  • Italian-medium instruction

How to Cite

Costa, F., & Mariotti, C. . (2018). Students’ Outcomes in English-Medium Instruction: Is there any Difference Related to Discipline?. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 25(2 Supplement). Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/143

Abstract

This paper focuses on the acquisition of content in Economics and Science EMI classes taught by the same lecturers. The control group consists of L1-taught classes (Italian), whereas the experimental group consists of L2-taught classes (English). Students’ marks in two comparable written exams are analysed. Data are complemented with interviews with the lecturers. The results show that in some instances the two groups differ significantly as regards the acquisition of content