Critical English Medium Instruction in Higher Education
Critical English Medium Instruction in Higher Education
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exc GSTEnglish Medium Instruction (EMI) is a burgeoning field of interest for researchers and practitioners; however, to date its sociocultural and political implications have not been widely considered. This book addresses that concern by situating EMI within wider sociopolitical contexts of knowledge and language. It foregrounds the notion of 'Critical EMI,' bringing together applied linguists to revisit EMI in higher education from critical sociocultural perspectives. The notion of criticality is conceptualized as an attempt at addressing issues of ideology, policy, identity, social justice, and the politics of English. The chapters explore Critical EMI concerns in diverse settings across five continents, and present insights for the theory, research, policy, and practice of EMI. The book also problematizes the neocolonial spread and dominance of English through EMI. Calling for an explicit and inclusive EMI praxis, it is essential reading for researchers of applied linguistics and English language education, as well as teacher practitioners.
- Examines the theory, research, policy, and practice of EMI as necessarily situated within ideological relations in social contexts
- Presents an open idea of criticality based on conceptions of ideology, policy, identity, social justice, and the politics of English
- Includes contributions that represent diverse EMI settings in five continents and explore a wide range of related concerns
Reviews & endorsements
'This extremely interesting collection of chapters focuses on EMI in a range of contexts and stands out from a crowded market with the explicit aim to be critical as opposed to simply analytical, descriptive or even celebratory. Each chapter is a highly readable account of the author's research, drawing on an array of ethnographic approaches, data collection methods and analytical techniques. An essential read for anyone interested in examining EMI critically.' David Block, Honorary Professor in Sociolinguistics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
'This insightful volume offers a profound critique of English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education, exposing the complex ideological and economic forces at play. Essential reading for scholars, educators, and policymakers dedicated to envisioning a truly critical EMI.' Angel M. Y. Lin, Chair Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong
Product details
February 2025Hardback
9781009386470
264 pages
229 × 152 × 16 mm
0.542kg
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Table of Contents
- Foreword Ruanni Tupas
- 1. Critical views of English medium instruction Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini and Peter I. De Costa
- Part I. Ideologies and Educational Policies:
- 2. Conceptualizations of English in an Italian EMI context Francesca Helm
- 3. Ideologies of language use in an EMI university in Hong Kong: the perspectives of international students Matthew Sung
- 4. Burdening EMI with unnecessary baggage: critiquing an EMI case in Japan as an ideologically-laden undertaking Glenn Toh and Mark Zion
- 5. Entrepreneurial orientations towards language and education: EMI policy in Kazakhstan Aigerim Kazhigaliyeva, Syed Abdul Manan and Anas Hajar
- 6. A critical approach to the rise of EMI: why, how and by whom are decisions made? Dogan Yuksel, Peter Wingrove, Marion Nao, Beatrice Zuaro and Anna Kristina Hultgren
- Part II. Identity and Educational Justice:
- 7. EMI teachers' discourses and the configuration of their identities in two Colombian universities Mario Molina-Naar and Isabel Tejada-Sánchez
- 8. 'I just opened my heart': challenges and contradictions in multilingual EMI teacher identity construction D. Philip Montgomery
- 9. Perpetuating inequality in higher education EMI in Ethiopia, Poland, and Japan Jim McKinley, Tolera Simie and Agata Mikolajewska
- Part III. The Politics of English in Education:
- 10. Problematizing 'English' in EMI: a view from Malaysia and Brazil Azirah Hashim and Kyria Finardi
- 11. A fractured dream of the decolonization and deeliticization of English within EMI programs in South Asia Shaila Sultana
- 12. Reproducing the dominance of English through EMI in post-apartheid South Africa Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu
- 13. EMI, cognitive capture, and decoloniality Kathleen Heugh
- Afterword Graham V. Crookes.
