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

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.

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 education and 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).