JALT2025 - Tokyo

EMI Chinese Students’ L3 learning and Identity Construction

Oct 31, 2025, 3:25 PM

30m

National Olympics Memorial Youth Center / 国立オリンピック記念青少年総合センター

Research-oriented Presentation (30-minutes) Japanese and Other Language Teaching & Learning Room 302

Speaker

Siyan Dang (Chang'an University)

Description

Due to the lack of English proficiency of both instructors and students, Japan's EMI programs are often accompanied by Japanese use. Focusing on Chinese students, who make up the largest group of multilingual international students in Japan, this research employs a phenomenological approach, aiming to identify Chinese students’ attitudes toward L3 learning and how it shapes their identity in Japanese EMI.

Summary

Due to the lack of English proficiency of both instructors and students, Japan's EMI programs are often accompanied by Japanese use. Focusing on Chinese students, who make up the largest group of multilingual international students in Japan, this research employs a phenomenological approach, aiming to identify Chinese students’ attitudes toward L3 learning and how it shapes their identity in Japanese EMI.