The purpose of this study is to analyse the differences of the students`` attitudes on the English Medium Instruction(EMI) according to their levels of English communicative competence· To do this, a total of 107 students answered the questionnaires,...
The purpose of this study is to analyse the differences of the students`` attitudes on the English Medium Instruction(EMI) according to their levels of English communicative competence· To do this, a total of 107 students answered the questionnaires, who were taking the English Medium Instructions on their major subjects in the spring semester, 2013 at Korea National Sport University· We used SPSS 17·0 and Analysis of Variance to deal with the data from the questionnaires· The results of this study are as follows· First, the students who took the EMI in the spring semester in 2013 and participated in the survey evaluated their own levels of English Proficiency as ``Intermediate-Low`` in speaking, listening, reading and writing skills· Second, the participant students recognized the EMI as positive, showing average level of 3 in every variables· In addition, they considered EMI as effective for the improvement of English proficiency rather than the major study· Finally, we found that the students in higher level of English proficiency showed more positive attitudes and thoughts on the ``understanding of the subject content``, ``general satisfaction on the EMI``, ``enthusiasm for the major subject``, and ``effectiveness of EMI`` than the students in lower level of English proficiency·