1st Edition

Agendas in English-Medium Instruction from Eastern Europe

Edited By Piotr Romanowski Copyright 2027
216 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The volume explores the transformative impact of English as a medium of instruction in higher education across Eastern Europe. It delves into the motivations, challenges, and strategies of institutions adopting EMI, highlighting its role in fostering internationalisation, enhancing academic mobility, and promoting global competitiveness. Drawing from diverse range of perspectives, the book... Read more

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List of Contributors

 

Introduction: Deliberating English-Medium Instruction in Eastern Europe, Piotr Romanowski

Chapter 1

English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education in Bulgaria, Diana Yankova

Chapter 2

English-Medium Instruction in the Czech Republic: Contexts, Debates and Ideologies, Tamah Sherman, Vít Dovalil, Jiřina Stirling and Veronika Quinn Novotná

Chapter 3

English-Medium Instruction in Estonia: Policy Agendas and Ideological Tensions, Anastassia Zabrodskaja

Chapter 4

An Overview of English-Medium Instruction Programmes and Foreign Language Education Policies in Hungary, Jenő Bárdos and Eszter Benke

Chapter 5

From Monolingual to Multilingual English Medium Instruction in Latvia, Indra Karapetjana and Vita Kalnbērziņa

Chapter 6

English-Medium Instruction in Lithuania: Benefits and Pitfalls, Jolita Horbačauskienė and Milda Ratkevičienė

Chapter 7

Tertiary Education in Poland via English-Medium Instruction, Hadrian Lankiewicz, Emilia Wąsikiewicz-Firlej and Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak

Chapter 8

English-Medium Instruction in the Romanian Higher Education: A Perspective on Internationalisation, Alina Reșceanu

Chapter 9

English-Medium Instruction in the Higher Education Context in Slovakia, Renáta Timková

Chapter 10

Balancing National Identity and Global Competitiveness: The Role of English-Medium Instruction in Ukrainian Higher Education, Alla Fridrikh

Index

Biography

Piotr Romanowski is Associate Professor and MA Programme Coordinator in Applied Multilingual and Multicultural Studies at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics, the University of Warsaw, Poland.