1st Edition
Rethinking EMI Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Chinese-Speaking Regions
208 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Due to the competitive edge it confers on students, educational institutions, and non-English speaking nations in a globalized economy, English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has been gaining popularity in tertiary education in non-native English-speaking (NNES) countries. Institute-wide EMI implementation has often been imposed by top-down decisions, in combination with the optimistic view... Read more
1. Exploring the Language and Pedagogical Models Suitable for EMI in Chinese-Speaking Higher Education Contexts (Joyce Shao CHIN and Naihsin LI) 2. Implementing EMI in Medical Education in Taiwan (Shun-hua WEI and Jonathon HRICKO) 3. EMI for Information Engineering Students: A Case Study (Sally CHEN and Shou-De LIN) 4. Supporting Students’ Summary Writing Skills in English Medium Instruction in the University Context (Yangyu XIAO and Hintat CHEUNG) 5. Conducting EMI with Students of Diversified Backgrounds: The Case of Business Management (Hsiou-Wei William LIN and Anita Chunwen LIN) 6. The Use of English in Linguistics Classes: When and How Do We Do It? (Miao-Hsia CHANG and Li-Hsin NING) 7. Assessment Practices in the EMI classroom in Chinese-Speaking Higher Education Contexts: Challenges and Considerations (Naihsin LI and Jessica R. W. WU) 8. A Dynamic Language Ability System Framework for Diagnosing EMI Students’ Readiness of English Language Ability (Yuyang CAI and Hintat CHEUNG) 9. Toward an Effective Transition to Adopting English as the Medium of Instruction: A Case from Hong Kong (Tae-Hee CHOI and Bob ADAMSON) 10. Conclusion: Dynamic Interactions Across Academic Disciplines (Hintat CHEUNG)
Biography
Lily I-wen SU is Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Institute of Linguistics at the National Taiwan University and served from 2016 to 2019 as Chief Executive Director of the Language Training and Testing Center (LTTC), a non-profit educational foundation in Taiwan.
Hintat CHEUNG is Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong.
Jessica R. W. WU holds a PhD in Language Testing and Assessment and is the R&D Program Director at the Language Training and Testing Center (LTTC).
