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English Medium Instruction Programmes: Perspectives from South East Asian Universities book cover

1st Edition

English Medium Instruction Programmes Perspectives from South East Asian Universities

Edited By Roger Barnard, Zuwati Hasim Copyright 2018
150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge
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This book is an exploration of the desirability and feasibility of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in specific university settings in South East Asia. There is an increasing trend in many universities in Asia, as elsewhere in the world, to introduce ‘international’ academic programmes taught through the medium of English. Despite the rapidity of this development, there is a dearth of empirical... Read more

Preface (Roger Barnard and Zuwati Hasim)

Foreword (Robert Phillipson)

1. Setting the scene: EMI in Asian universities (Roger Barnard)

2. Voices from the field: Email interviews with applied linguists in Asia (Jonathon Ryan)

3. Case Study: EMI in a public university in Malaysia (Zuwati Hasim and Roger Barnard)

4. Case Study: EMI in Universiti Brunei Darussalam (Noor Azam Haji-Othman and James McLellan)

5. Case Study: EMI in an Indonesian university (Fuad Abdul Hamied and Nenden Lengkanawati)

6. EMI in Malaysia: Student Voices (Murad Saeed, Mary Varghese, Mark Holst, and Kamila Ghazali)

7. The spread of English Medium Instruction programmes: Educational and research implications (Angel Lin and Yuen Yi Lo)

8. Market English as Medium of Instruction: Education in neoliberal times (Ruanni Tupas)

Afterword (Andy Kirkpatrick)

Index

Biography

Roger Barnard is an associate professor in applied linguistics at The University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Zuwati Hasim is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

This new book gives key perspectives on the promise and pitfalls of English medium courses at universities in three Asian countries. An important read for students and faculty trying to understand the draw of English and the internationalization of universities. – Robert Kirkpatrick, Editor of English Language Testing in Asia journal and the recent volume on English Language Education Policy in Asia (Springer, 2015)

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