Giving lectures in English: Some evidence from students and implications for teachers
The lecture is a staple of higher education, yet what goes on in a student’s mind during lectures has been largely unexplored, especially when teacher and/or students are operating in an additional language, as in English Medium Instruction. Join us for a seminar on Giving lectures in English: Some evidence from students an implications for teachers. Featuring Joseph Siegel, Maria Kuuteva and Aki Siegel from the Department of English.
This seminar reports on the ReMoDEL project (Real time monitoring of dynamic English listening), which used an innovative footpedal mechanism to collect data on moments of non-comprehension experienced by students during EMI lectures. Set at Stockholm University (Sweden), the project involved video recordings of EMI lectures and time stamps provided by the footpedal, where students indicated where they had difficulties understanding the lecture. Then, in stimulated recall interviews, students explained the reasons for their comprehension challenges, which were coded into six categories informed by psycholinguistic research and expanded through the student reports. This seminar will focus on and exemplify select aspects of lectures that induced moments of non-comprehension and discuss related pedagogic implications.
This seminar is part of the Pedagogical seminar series.
In Swedish (in brief)
Last updated: 2026-10-22
Source: Department of Political Science