English-Medium Instruction and the Internationalization of Universities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. EMI and the Internationalization of Universities: An Overview

   • Hugo Bowles, Amanda C. Murphy

   Pages 1-26

3. EMI Challenges in Japan’s Internationalization of Higher Education

   • Ikuya Aizawa, Jim McKinley

   Pages 27-48

4. Resistance to EMI in the Netherlands

   • René Gabriëls, Robert Wilkinson

   Pages 49-75

5. The Challenges of Internationalization in EMI Tertiary Education in Ethiopia

   • Amanda C. Murphy, Misganaw Solomon Mengistu

   Pages 77-101

6. The Role of English in Higher Education Internationalization: Language Ideologies on EMI Programmes in China

   • Ying Wang

   Pages 103-128

7. Using English for Interaction in the EMI Classroom: Experiences and Challenges at a Malaysian Public University

   • Jagdish Kaur

   Pages 129-154

8. In Search of Internationalization: Changing Conceptions of EMI Among Mexican University Instructors

   • Christopher Worthman

   Pages 155-179

9. Language Usage and Learning Communities in the Informal Curriculum: The Student as Protagonist in EMI?

   • Kevin Haines, Monique Kroese, Diandian Guo

   Pages 181-203

10. It Does Not Happen by Osmosis: Creating an Internationalized Learning Opportunity for All Students Requires Careful Consideration and Specific Action

    • Karen M. Lauridsen

    Pages 205-227

11. EMI Students’ “International Coexistence” at One Italian University

    • Francesca Costa, Cristina Mariotti

    Pages 229-258

12. Beyond English-Medium Education: From Internationalization to Sustainable Education

    • Jennifer Valcke

    Pages 259-279

13. Back Matter

    Pages 281-288

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This edited book examines English-Medium Instruction (EMI) language policy and practice in higher education around the world, highlighting how English language usage affects the internationalization of universities, the way that disciplines are taught and learned, and questioning whether internationalization through EMI achieves the values of global citizenship and inclusivity/diversity to which it aspires. Written by experts in the field, the book includes data-based research from universities around the globe, with three chapters on Asia and the Far East (Malaysia, Japan and China), four on Europe (Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy) and one each on Africa (Ethiopia) and Central America (Mexico). Sources include policy documents, questionnaire surveys, focus groups and semi-structured interviews involving university policymakers, lecturers, students, and administrative staff. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of language and education policy, internationalization and applied linguistics, particularly English-Medium Instruction (EMI), academic English and English as a Lingua Franca (ELF).

• English Medium Instruction (EMI)
• language and identity
• English as a Lingua Franca (ELF)
• sociolinguistic change
• Denmark
• China
• language ideologies
• Japan
• the Netherlands
• Ethiopia
• tertiary education
• Malaysia
• Italy
• Sweden
• Mexico

“English-Medium Instruction and the Internationalization of Universities, edited by Hugo Bowles and Amanda Murphy, is a must-read book … . Overall, through examining stakeholders’ perceptions and policies, this book enables policymakers and school administrators to understand the urgent need for clear guidance, assisting them to formulate policies to initiate and contextualize IHE and EMI. It is also key to instructors, material compilers, curriculum designers and assessment developers who collaborate and prepare students for international challenges.” (Xiaowen (Serina) Xie, RELC Journal, October 12, 2021)

• Department of Law, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy

  Hugo Bowles

• Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

  Amanda C. Murphy

Hugo Bowles is Professor of English Language at the University of Foggia, Italy.

Amanda C. Murphy is Professor of English Language at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy.

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