Use of english as a medium of instruction in higher education classes of english language in Brazil: focus on listening and speaking

Abstract

English as a Medium of Instruction is the use of English to teach academic topics in countries where English is not the predominant language. The possibility of working in a classroom where EMI is applied has grown continuously, solidly and exponentially due to many different reasons. A topic being taught in English can provide significant benefits to students and can help them develop into critical thinkers who can empathize with the situations and realities of others. Seeking to welcome the academic student to the world, this paper aims to stimulate how can teachers use English as Medium of Instruction in English as a Foreign Language Higher Education classes. Concurrently, raise awareness of English as a Medium of Instruction ever-hanging identities. To create this project, some different schools of thought regarding the listening and speaking process, in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom were analyzed. This paper was created after doing a bibliographical review of the available literature on the subject. The primary authors mentioned in this publication are as follows: (Galloway, 2017), (Sarmento, 2018), (Brown, 2000), (Harmer, 2007), (Dearden, 2020). This review had the following outcome: four activities to be applied at Univesidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS) inside the Letras Inglês course. Each approach looked at different aspects of the topic in a unique way, with a focus on listening and speaking. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]