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Kari Sahan

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Specialism

Lecturer in Second Language Education

 

Institute of Education Responsibilities:

  • Associate Professor
  • Programme Co-Director: MA in English Language Education (in Guangdong), a Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ award delivered in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Teaching Responsibilities:

  • Research Methods in English Language Education (MA ELE)
  • Second Language Teaching and Learning (MA ELE)
  • English Language Education Dissertation (MA ELE)
  • Assessment and Measurement (MA ELE)
  • Multilingualism in Education (BA Education Studies)

Areas of interest

Expertise and Research Interest:

My research focuses on the implications of English as a global language for teaching and learning, including: 

  • English as a medium of instruction (EMI)
  • Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE)
  • Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
  • Translanguaging as a pedagogical practice
  • Language policy in international and transnational higher education
  • Global Englishes

Postgraduate supervision

Masters, PhD and EdD Level Supervision offered in these areas:

  • English as a medium instruction
  • Translanguaging classroom practices and pedagogy
  • Language policy (particularly with respect to the internationalization of higher education)
  • International / transnational higher education
  • Global Englishes and English as a lingua franca (particularly with respect to teaching pedagogy)

Research projects

Ongoing projects:

  • 2022: English Medium Instruction: Digital Innovation for Teacher Training and Developing Best Practice Team (UK-ID Partnerships for English Teacher Professional Development: Digital Innovation Grant, funded by the British Council Indonesia)

Recently completed projects:

  • 2020-2021: (British Council Research grant, funded by the British Council)
  • 2020-2021: Quality of instruction and student outcomes in English-medium programs in Turkey (New Connections in EMI Turkey Research Partnership Fund 2020, funded by the British Council Turkey)
  • 2020: (British Council ELT Research Partnership, funded by the British Council

Selected publications

Selected Conference Presentations:

  • Sahan, K. (2021) Implementing English-medium instruction: Comparing policy to practice at universities in Turkey. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021 Virtual Conference
  • Sahan, K. (2021) What are the benefits of EMI? Comparing prospective, current, and former students’ beliefs and motivations. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2021 Virtual Conference
  • Sahan, K. (2020) Language use in EMI: The role of English & the L1. ExcitELT Online: Teaching English in global contexts and teaching IN English in global contexts – Invited speaker.
  • Sahan, K. & Green-Eneix, C. How do Engineering teachers negotiate English language policy? Achieving agency in a Turkish university. Vanderbilt University, USA, Second Language Research Forum (SLRF) 2020.
  • Sahan, K. (2020) Locating the local and the international in EMI policy: a case study on Turkey. Groningen, Netherlands, The 19th conference of the International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) – postponed due to COVID-19
  • Sahan, K. (2020) Implementing English-medium Instruction: Comparing Policy to Practice at a Turkish University. Denver, USA, The 2020 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) – Canceled due to COVID-19
  • Sahan, K. (2019) Multilingualism in English-medium engineering classrooms: Language preferences and practices for teaching and learning, Jaume I University-Castellon, Spain, Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education (ICLHE) 2019
  • Sahan, K. (2019) International at Home: Negotiating Local Contexts in English-medium University Programs in Turkey, in Colloquium: Problematizing Language Policy and Practice in EMI and Transnational Higher Education: International Perspectives, Manchester Metropolitan University-Manchester, UK, British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
  • Sahan, K. (2019) Implementing English-medium instruction: Language policies and practices in engineering classrooms in Turkey, University of Copenhagen-Copenhagen, Denmark, EMI Practices in Europe
  • Sahan, K. (2019) Implementing English-medium instruction: Language practices and preferences in engineering classrooms, Atlanta, USA, The 2019 conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
  • Sahan, K. (2018) Implementing English-medium Instruction: Teachers as Language Policymakers, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, AILA-Europe Junior Researcher Meeting in Applied Linguistics
  • Sahan, K. (2018) Teacher-Student Interactions in English-medium Classrooms: The Role of ELF and L1, King’s College London, UK, 1th International Conference of English as a Lingua Franca

Any Further Information

Enterprise Activity, External Roles and Consultancy:

  • (Research Group Member)
  • Teaching English and Teaching IN English in Global Contexts: An Online Global Network (Assistant Project Lead)

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