From stimulated recall to disciplinary literacy : Summarizing ten years of research into teaching and learning in English

• AbstractThis chapter summarizes my research work in Swedish higher education in the area of teaching and learning in English. Sweden makes for a particularly interesting case study since there are high levels of English competence in the general population and a large percentage of university courses have traditionally been taught through the medium of English.The work I have done falls into three broad categories:  University learning in English, University teaching in English and Disciplinary differences in attitudes to English language use.Over the years I have used a range of data collection techniques including video recordings of lectures, semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and stimulated recall. The research work is almost exclusively qualitative in nature adopting a case study approach.ReferencesAirey, John. 2004. Can you teach it in English? Aspects of the language choice debate in Swedish higher education. 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