Students’ Perceptions of the English of Academics (SPEAC)

Project description

The SPEAC project (Students' Perceptions of the English of Academics) explores university students' perceptions of their teachers' linguistic competences and how this may influence their perceptions of the same teachers' academic and pedagogical competences. The data that form the basis of the study were collected at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS). The students' perceptions are compared with evaluations of the teachers' English skills by a group of expert raters in addition to the lecturers' own assessments of their proficiency in English.

Project team members

Christian Jensen, University of Copenhagen 
Louise Denver, Copenhagen Business School
Inger M. Mees, Copenhagen Business School
Charlotte Werther, Copenhagen Business School

Results

  • Denver, L., Jensen, C., Mees, I., & Werther, C. (2009). English as a medium of instruction in higher-level education: an interim report on a project at the Copenhagen Business School. In Farø, K., Holsting, A., Larsen, N., Mogensen, J. E., & Vinther, T. (red.). Sprogvidenskab i glimt: 70 tekster om sprog i teori og praksis (s. 377-384). Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag.
  • Denver, L., Jensen, C., Mees, I., & Werther, C. (2010). "Ingen engelskkurser, tak!". Sprogforum, 46.
  • Jensen, C., Denver, L., Mees, I. M., & Werther, C. (2011). Students' and Teachers' Self-assessment of English Language Proficiency in English-Medium Higher Education in Denmark - a Questionnaire Study. In: B. Preisler, I. Klitgård & A. H. Fabricius (eds) Language and Learning in the International University. From English Uniformity to Diversity and Hybridity (Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education), 19-38. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  • Denver, L., Jensen, C., Mees, I. M., & Werther, C. (in press). Ekspertevalueringer - det bedste bud. Sprogforum 51. 5 pages.
  • Jensen, C., Denver, L., Mees, I. M., & Werther, C. (forthcoming). Students' attitudes to lecturers' English in English Medium Instruction. 26 pages.

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