English-Medium Instruction from an English as a Lingua Franca Perspective: Exploring the Higher Education Context (Routledge Research in Language Education)

"English is increasingly used as a lingua franca (ELF) in communicative situations the world over with the acceleration of globalisation. This is in line with the increased introduction of English-medium instruction (EMI) to higher education institutions in many parts of the world to further promote both students' and faculty's mobility to make them competitive and employable in the globalised world, and to make their institutions more attractive and reputable. EMI and ELF, however, are rarely explicitly investigated together despite the fact that the spread of EMI cannot be separated from that of ELF. This volume tackles the issue head on by focusing on EMI in higher education from an ELF perspective. The volume includes contributions by Asian, European, Middle Eastern, South American and Anglo-American scholars. It discusses language policies, attitudes and identities, analyses of classroom EMI practices, case studies and finally, pedagogical implications from an ELF perspective, incorporating also theoretical and empirical issues in conducting EMI courses/programmes. The volume will be of great interest and use, not only to those who are conducting research on ELF, EMI, CLIL, language policy and related fields, but also to classroom teachers and policy makers who are conducting and/or planning to start EMI courses/programmes in their institutions or countries all over the world"-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors 1 Exploring EMI in higher education from an ELF perspective: introduction Part I ELF in higher education – from the perspective of language policies at institutional and governmental levels 2 The internationalization of higher education: but what about its lingua franca? 3 Intelligibility, mimicry and internationalization: localized practices in higher education, or can the Global South speak? 4 Researching English-medium instruction at Swedish universities: developments over the past decade 5 English-medium instruction in the Korean higher education context: from an English as a lingua franca perspective 6 EMI (English-medium instruction) in Japanese higher education: a paradoxical space for global and local sociolinguistic habitats Part II ELF in EMI settings – attitudes, identities and classroom practices 7 Classroom discourse in EMI: on the dynamics of multilingual practices 8 Enacting an ELF-informed English-medium instruction curriculum: an autoethnography 9 Internationalization and the growing demand for English in Japanese higher education: undertaking doctoral study in English 10 ‘English’-medium instruction in a Japanese university: exploring students’ and lectures’ voices from an ELF perspective 11 Identity and pragmatic language use among East Asian ELF speakers and its implications for English-medium education Part III ELF in EMI settings – policy, practice and pedagogy: focus on case studies 12 The role of English in the internationalisation of Chinese higher education: a case study of English-medium instruction in China 13 Designing CELFIL (content and ELF integrated learning) for EMI classes in higher education 14 Expanding ELF-informed EMI in Japanese higher education: a case study of actual graduates’ needs 15 Beyond Global English(es): university English program in transition 16 Critical language testing and English lingua franca: how can one help the other? Index English is increasingly used as a lingua franca (ELF) in communicative situations the world over with the acceleration of globalisation. This volume focuses uniquely on English-medium instruction (EMI) in higher education from an ELF perspective.