CHINESE STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF ENGLISH IMMERSION
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The research results showed that over half of participants indicated their positive attitude toward the implementing of structured English Immersion at CAIC fundamental English courses. In addition, another 45 participants were invited for semi-structured interview to collect qualitative data, and 77.8% of participants accepted the implementation of SEI along with providing the fact that SEI brings more considerable strengths than weaknesses. At last, age, academic level and overseas life experiences of participants in the current study were correlated with SEI both positively and negatively.
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