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The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World

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Editors:
  1. Carol Griffiths

    1. Girne American University, Kyrenia, New Zealand

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  • Aims to cover and compare a comprehensive range of contexts
  • Is written in a reader-friendly style
  • Emphasizes how EMI is practiced in multiple contexts, although theoretically sound

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching (SLLT)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Carol Griffiths
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Practice of EMI Around the World: An Overview

    • Carol Griffiths
    Pages 7-12

  4. EMI in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Carisma Nel, Medadi E. Ssentanda
    Pages 13-31

  5. EMI in the Middle East

    • Yasemin Kırkgöz, Muhammed Emin Yüksel, Hamide Aslantürk
    Pages 33-51

  6. EMI in North Africa

    • Amira Salama
    Pages 53-71

  7. EMI in Western and Southern Europe

    • Zoe Gavriilidou, Lydia Mitits
    Pages 73-92

  8. EMI in Central Asia

    • Anas Hajar, Yelena Babeshko, Juldyz Smagulova
    Pages 93-111

  9. EMI in South-East Asia

    • Fenty Lidya Siregar, Robbie Lee Sabnani, Thuy Dinh
    Pages 113-131

  10. EMI in Latin America

    • Loreto Aliaga Salas, Gonzalo Pérez Andrade
    Pages 133-152

  11. EMI in Central and Eastern Europe

    • Mirosław Pawlak, Katarzyna Papaja
    Pages 153-170

  12. EMI in East Asia

    • Aiko Sano, Yongyan Zheng, Carol Griffiths
    Pages 171-189

  13. EMI in South Asia

    • Amol Padwad, Harsha Wijeskera, Prem Phyak, Syed Manan, Naashia Mohamed
    Pages 191-210

  14. EMI in the Nordic and Baltic Countries

    • Kenan Dikilitaş, Carol Griffiths
    Pages 211-226

  15. The Practice of EMI Around the World: A Metaview

    • Izzettin Kök
    Pages 227-244
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About this book

This edited volume presents eleven empirical papers reporting the existing literature and the results of an original study focusing on EMI (English as a medium of instruction) in a particular area (Central and Eastern Europe, Western and Southern Europe, Nordic/Baltic countries, Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, South-East Asia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Latin America). Each of these different areas tends to have its own ways of dealing with the EMI issue, and these are brought together in a meta-analysis in the final chapter. Implications for the conduct of English as a medium of instruction are drawn, both on a chapter-by-chapter basis and also in the meta-analysis. The examination of EMI on a contextual basis is a unique feature of this book, setting it apart from others in the field, which almost all deal with a single or limited context. The volume will be of interest to policymakers, institutional heads, graduate students and their teachers, and to thesis writers and researchers.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Girne American University, Kyrenia, New Zealand

    Carol Griffiths

About the editor

Prof. Dr Carol Griffiths has been a teacher, manager, and teacher trainer of
ELT for many years. She has taught in many places around the world, including
New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, China, North Korea, Turkey, and UK. She is
currently working as a professor for Girne American University in North Cyprus, as
a research fellow for the University of Leeds (UK), and also as research professor
at Auckland Institute of Studies in New Zealand. She has presented at numerous
conferences and published widely, including her books Lessons from Good
Language Learners, The Keys to Highly Effective English Learning, Developing
Teacher Autonomy through Action Research, The Strategy Factor in Successful
Language Learning, Lessons from Good Language Teachers and Individual
Differences in Successful Language Learning. Language learning strategies,
individual differences, teacher educationand support, English as a medium of
instruction, English as a lingua franca, action research, and using literature to teach
language are her major areas of research interest.
Specifically in the area of EMI, her teaching experience has always been in
English, so she is well aware of the problems faced by non-native English speaking
students. In addition, she had an article published in ELT Journal on the subject
with co-author Adem Soruc:


1. Soruç, A. & Griffiths, C. (2018). English as a medium of instruction: students’
strategies. ELTJ, 72/1, 38-48. (SSCI). 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World

  • Editors: Carol Griffiths

  • Series Title: Second Language Learning and Teaching

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30613-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30612-9Published: 09 August 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30615-0Due: 09 September 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30613-6Published: 08 August 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7648

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7656

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 244

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education, Applied Linguistics

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