Overview
- Provides a deconstruction, discussion, and critically-oriented critique of tertiary English as a Medium of Instruction and English for Academic Purposes in Japan
- Discusses the interaction of fluidly local and global discourses of identity, globalization and education
- Explores the complex and dynamic socio-historical negotiation of “Japaneseness” and “Otherness” in Japanese society
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“This is an insightful critical review of the project to expand the use of English in higher education in Japan. It is an in-depth exploration of the naivety of promoting ‘internationalization’ through changing the medium of instruction, and the contradictory pressures and conceptual confusions behind this flawed academic innovation. It goes beyond similar analysis of European higher education by revealing many of the causal factors behind this doomed project.” (Robert Phillipson, Professor Emeritus, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)
“Theoretically grounded and ethnographically rigorous, this account of the attempt of a university in Japan to implement English medium education (EMI) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in order to gain prestige and attract students provides a fascinating case study of how global forces of neoliberalism and commodification of English intersect with local isolationist national-language-based higher education practices. Provocative and insightful. Highly recommended.” (Angel Lin, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong)
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Book Title: English as Medium of Instruction in Japanese Higher Education
Book Subtitle: Presumption, Mirage or Bluff?
Authors: Glenn Toh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39705-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39704-7Published: 28 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81946-4Published: 14 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39705-4Published: 17 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 213
Topics: English, Applied Linguistics, Japanese, Language Education, Literacy