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The Assessment of a Multilingual Approach in the Context of International Educational Programs in English

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Integration of Engineering Education and the Humanities: Global Intercultural Perspectives (IEEHGIP 2022)

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Currently, universities are actively implementing international educational programs in English. Students of different nationalities come together in groups and study both professional disciplines and foreign languages. In this study, we consider the possibility of using a multilingual approach in the context of the implementation of international educational programs. The study involved 3rd year students enrolled in the international educational program in English “International Business”. A model was proposed for the implementation of a multilingual approach to the study of professional disciplines using the EMI method. The purpose of the article is to assess the effectiveness of the multilingual approach from the point of view of students and teachers, as well as to determine the impact of such a model on the learning outcomes of students in a professional discipline. For our research, we used qualitative and quantitative data: testing in professional disciplines (“International Marketing and International Management” in English) at the end of the course, a survey of students and interviews with teachers about the effectiveness of the proposed learning model. The experiment involved two groups (experimental and control) of students (N = 23 and N = 25). The students of the experimental group showed higher results in the study of a professional discipline. According to the survey results, students noted the multilingual approach as effective and progressive. Teachers noted an increase in students’ interest in the learning process. The experiment confirmed the effectiveness of the multilingual approach in the context of international educational programs in English.

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    Tatiana Baranova, Dmitriy Mokhorov, Aleksandra Kobicheva & Elena Tokareva

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Baranova, T., Mokhorov, D., Kobicheva, A., Tokareva, E. (2022). The Assessment of a Multilingual Approach in the Context of International Educational Programs in English. In: Anikina, Z. (eds) Integration of Engineering Education and the Humanities: Global Intercultural Perspectives. IEEHGIP 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 499. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11435-9_17

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