EMI-HE: English as Medium of Instruction in Higher Education
In the internationalisation of the higher education (HE) worldwide, there is
a drastic expansion of courses using English as a medium of instruction
(EMI) in non-native-English-speaking countries.
However, many EMI educators feel unprepared or inadequately supported, and
encounter multiple challenges when embarking on EMI teaching. Recent studies
have also uncovered tensions arising from EMI educators’ conflicting
perceived roles and professional identities, which impede EMI practices,
processes and student learning. Understanding how EMI educators negotiate
conflicting identities and develop an EMI teacher professional identity is
crucial for informing policies and support for EMI educators, and ultimately
their students. This comparative study will investigate EMI teachers’
professional identity in the HE in Germany and Vietnam, focusing on how they
negotiate roles and responsibilities and develop EMI teacher professional
identity in response to the demands of EMI teaching. Following a
mixed-method design, the project will generate data from an online survey,
semi-structured online individual interviews with EMI educators, and
collection of relevant artefacts readily available online. The insights
gained from this project will advance our understanding of EMI in the
internationalisation of HE and provide much needed empirical data on the
experiences of academics working in the rapidly expanding EMI contexts.
Project Map
Project Duration
01.6.2020 - 30.06.2021
National and Institutional Project Coordinators
Professor Dr Sandra Bohlinger, TU Dresden, Germany
Contact Details
Dr Thi Kim Anh Dang, Monash University, Australia
Contact Details
Project Staff
Alina Praun (B.A.)
Theresa Nadler (B.A)
Funding
Monash University, Australia