English for the EDI generation: Predicting and tracking the role of English and digital/mobile technologies in Higher Education across East and South Asia

Dawadi, Saraswati; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes and Seargeant, Philp (2024). English for the EDI generation: Predicting and tracking the role of English and digital/mobile technologies in Higher Education across East and South Asia. In: INTED Conference 2024, 1 Jul - 3 July 2024, Palma, Spain.

Abstract

This presentation concerns findings from the first phase of British Council funded research on the role of English and digital/mobile technologies in Higher Education across East and South Asia, with particular emphasis on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The project aims to track and evaluate a set of three interconnected, predicted trends concerning the impact of the growing use of digital/mobile technology on regional and local ecologies of teaching, assessment and learning of English (TALE) in the four most populous countries in East and South Asia – Bangladesh, China, India, and Indonesia. The two-phase longitudinal study is developing and validating an ecological research approach for tracking and assessing predictions and trends for English and TALE practices. In the first phase, data was collected through multiple sources: online surveys with 5695 undergraduate students and 328 teachers, interviews and FGDs with students (n=54) and teachers (n=15), and Padlet discussions with 45 students. Findings reflect current trends in the use of technology for teaching, learning and assessment of the English language and the roles of English, as well as teachers’ and students’ attitudes towards the role of English and technology in promoting or reducing equality, diversity and inclusion in students’ access to quality learning in higher education. Implications of the findings are discussed.

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