1st Edition

English Medium Instruction in South Korea Focusing on Language in School and University Classrooms

By Jiye Hong, Helen Basturkmen Copyright 2025
146 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

146 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Adding to the growing body of research on English Medium Instruction (EMI), this book focuses on the language support systems currently used by EMI mathematics and social science schoolteachers and university lecturers in South Korea. While EMI is an instructional field, there is a gap in the knowledge of how teachers and lecturers integrate English language-specific practices within their... Read more

Part 1: Background  1. Introduction  2. Teaching and learning in EMI  3. Case studies  Part 2: Case Study Findings  4. Planned language support  5. Language support during classroom interaction  6. Students' language learning from language-related episodes  Part 3: Looking forward  7. Applications for EMI teachers' professional development  8. Conclusion

Biography

Jiye Hong is an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of TESOL at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea.  

Helen Basturkmen is a professor in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.