Training Language Teachers for English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Contexts Through the Use of Augmented Reality

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AbstractIn recent years, technology has had a disruptive impact on education, as it has in Augmented Reality (AR). AR has brought about many innovations and opportunities in teaching methods as it helps students experience the subjects that are not possible to visualize in class books or exemplify the complex processes and terminologies. In line with this, AR is an environment that consists of virtual and digital objects that are added because of empirical reasons along with real ones. Through AR the intended message or information is visualised with audio and visual methods as well as with 3D objects. With AR it is possible to have concurrent displays on the real environment and the visual objects using special software. The literature on English-medium instruction (EMI) also indicates that the learners’ interest towards EMI has also been increasing and not only at universities but also in secondary education. Thus, one area of particular interest will be how AR can be used to provide prospective EMI teachers the skills they need to succeed in the classroom. This chapter illustrates how AR could be incorporated into EMI language teacher training to prepare them for EMI. This chapter also aims at adding up to the body of international literature by bringing examples from Turkish higher education context. The study presents research and studies that examine the effects of AR technologies in foreign language teaching and teacher training in Turkey. The study will be carried out by examining the studies involving AR in foreign language teaching in Turkey.KeywordsEnglish-medium instruction (EMI)Language teachersAugmented Reality (AR)Teacher training