English-Medium Instruction at Universities

Global Challenges

Aintzane Doiz, David Lasagabaster, Juan Manuel Sierra (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2012
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-84769-814-8 (ISBN)

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This book provides critical insights into the English-medium instruction experiences which have been implemented at a number of universities in countries such as China, Finland, Israel, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and the USA, which are characterised by differing political, cultural and sociolinguistic situations.

This book provides critical insights into the English-medium instruction (EMI) experiences which have been implemented at a number of universities in countries such as China, Finland, Israel, the Netherlands, South Africa, Spain and the USA, which are characterised by differing political, cultural and sociolinguistic situations. In particular, it reflects on the consequences of implementing EMI as an attempt to gain visibility and as a strategy in response to the need to become competitive in both national and international markets. The pitfalls and challenges specific to each setting are analysed, and the pedagogical issues and methodological implications that arise from the implementation of these programmes are also discussed. This volume will serve to advance our awareness about the strategies and tools needed to improve EMI at tertiary level.

Aintzane Doiz, David Lasagabaster and Juan Manuel Sierra are associate professors at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain. Their research interests include, among others, internationalisation in higher education, second/third language acquisition, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), language teaching methodology, attitudes and motivation, and multilingualism at pre-university and university levels. They have published widely in international journals, books and edited books.

Jim Coleman: Foreword

Aintzane Doiz, David Lasagabaster and Juan Manuel Sierra: Introduction

Part 1: The Development of English-medium Instruction

1. Robert Wilkinson: English-medium Instruction at a Dutch University: Challenges and Pitfalls

Part 2: Language Demands of English-medium Instruction on the Stakeholders

2. Christa van der Walt and Martin Kidd: Acknowledging Academic Biliteracy in Higher Education Assessment Strategies: A Tale of Two Trials

3. Phillip Ball and Diana Lindsay: Language Demands and Support for English-medium Instruction in Tertiary Education. Learning from a Specific Context

Part 3: Fostering Trilingual Education at Higher Education Institutions

4. David C.S. Li: Linguistic Hegemony or Linguistic Capital? Internationalization and English-medium Instruction at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

5. Aintzane Doiz, David Lasagabaster and Juan Manuel Sierra: English as L3 at a Bilingual University in the Basque Country, Spain

6. Josep Maria Cots : Introducing English-medium Instruction at the University of Lleida (Spain): Intervention, Beliefs and Practices

Part 4: Institutional Policies at Higher Education Institutions

7. Taina Saarinen and Tarja Nikula: Implicit Policy, Invisible Language: Policies and Practices of International Degree Programmes in Finnish Higher Education

8. Ofra Inbar-Lourie and Smadar Donitsa-Schmidt: Englishization in an Israeli Teacher Education College: Taking the First Steps

9. Ofelia Garcia, Mercé Pujol-Ferrán and Pooja Reddy: Educating International and Immigrant Students in US Higher Education: Opportunities and Challenges

10. Elana Shohamy: A Critical Perspective on the Use of English as a Medium of Instruction at Universities

Part 5: Final Considerations

11. Aintzane Doiz, David Lasagabaster and Juan Manuel Sierra: Future Challenges for English-medium Instruction at Tertiary Level

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.10.2012
Reihe/Serie	Multilingual Matters
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	326 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-84769-814-X / 184769814X
ISBN-13	978-1-84769-814-8 / 9781847698148
Zustand	Neuware