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dc.contributor.authorKirkpatrick, Andy
dc.contributor.editorFentonSmith, B
dc.contributor.editorHumphreys, P
dc.contributor.editorWalkinshaw, I
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-12T01:33:16Z
dc.date.available2018-10-12T01:33:16Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-319-51974-6
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-51976-0_2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/347843
dc.description.abstractThere has been a striking increase in the number of universities in the Asian Pacific region that are moving to offer courses and programmes through English as a medium on instruction. In this chapter I shall first review this increase by describing in some detail recent developments in the use of EMI in higher education in Malaysia and Myanmar. I shall then provide a brief summary of developments in EMI in selected other countries of the region. I shall critically discuss the motivations for this move to the adoption of EMI and argue that, in most cases, the move to implement EMI has been undertaken without adequate planning and without adequate preparation for teachers and students. I shall then consider the possible implications of this move to EMI for staff and students and for languages other than English. I shall conclude by proposing that universities need to embrace an inclusive language education policy in adopting EMI courses. I shall argue that EMI policy cannot be successfully adopted by considering EMI in isolation from other languages and without appropriate and adequate planning and preparation. In so doing, I raise some issues of concern with the notion of the definition of the ‘English’ in EMI and in ‘English only’ policies. Universities who have adopted EMI policies and programmes need to (i) take into account the use of English as a lingua franca and (ii) to ensure that the policies clearly identify and encourage bi/multilingualism in the university.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleEnglish Medium Instruction in Higher Education in Asia-Pacific: From Policy to Pedagogy
dc.relation.ispartofchapter2
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom21
dc.relation.ispartofpageto36
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied linguistics and educational linguistics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode470401
dc.titleThe Languages of Higher Education in East and Southeast Asia: Will EMI Lead to Englishisation?
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKirkpatrick, Andy A.


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