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This study explores how undergraduate students develop disciplinary literacy in English-medium education contexts through their narratives.

February 11, 2026Open Access

Using Infographic Narratives to Investigate Undergraduate Students’ Disciplinary Literacy Development: An Innovative Narrative Inquiry Approach for English-Medium Education Contexts

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This study explores how undergraduate students develop disciplinary literacy in English-medium education contexts through their narratives.
Conducted semi-structured interviews with final-year undergraduate students in Austria.
Constructed detailed narratives based on interview data to examine students' experiences.
Utilized narrative analysis to interpret students' developmental trajectories.
Identified key factors influencing disciplinary literacy development.
Revealed challenges faced by students during different phases of their literacy journey.
Showcased effective teaching practices and their roles in facilitating learning.

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Abstract The vast growth of English-medium education (EME) worldwide has drawn substantial scholarly attention. Recently, a growing number of studies have addressed how students develop the disciplinary content and language required for navigating EME programs, conceptualized as disciplinary literacy (DL in EME; Dafouz et al., 2023, see also Airey, 2011). However, few have foregrounded students’ perspectives on their disciplinary literacy development (Dafouz et al., 2023). This study argues that narrative inquiry, defined as “the study of experience as story” (Clandinin Polkinghorne, 1995) and presents infographic narratives as an effective method of representing students’ “DL in EME” trajectories.

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Verena Grau (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698c1c8e267fb587c655f0fc https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s42321-025-00220-4

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