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Table 2 Comparison of Students’ and Teachers’ Views on EMI Teaching/Learning

From: Challenges and adaptations in implementing an English-medium medical program:a case study in China

Items

Students

Teaachers

  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Sig.

dCohen

Superiority of English textbooks

Updated

5.048

.953

4.757

1.168

.059

−.286

Practical

4.534

1.039

4.514

1.162

.887

−.019

Integrated

4.767

1.061

4.576

.994

.164

−.183

Focused

4.360

1.262

4.311

1.072

.752

−.040

Efficient

3.968

1.207

4.676

1.112

.000a

.599

Teaching effectiveness

Not clear

4.074

1.123

3.695

1.417

.064

−.316

Not substantial

3.878

1.199

3.559

1.489

.137

−.251

Translating PowerPoints

4.307

1.107

2.729

1.412

.000a

− 1.332

Medical humanities

Respect

5.063

.741

4.529

.615

.000a

−.738

Medical ethics

4.984

.768

4.529

.706

.002a

−.599

Communication skills

4.820

.863

4.294

.836

.001a

−.612

English proficiency

GE skills

4.757

1.018

4.892

.973

.328

.134

Academic speaking

4.799

.979

4.973

.860

.182

.184

Academic reading

5.185

.930

5.135

.816

.685

−.056

Academic writing

4.937

.954

4.946

.858

.941

.010

Self-learning

Identifying problems

4.413

.945

4.324

.742

.424

.100

Raising questions

4.180

1.171

4.324

.923

.342

.130

Seeking for answers

4.862

.947

4.392

.791

.000a

−.519

Independent thinking

4.683

.908

4.405

1.019

.033

−.296

  1. Full scale = 6 (strongly agree)
  2. aSignificant level 0 .003 to correct for Type I error of multiple tests