A systematic review of English medium instruction in higher education

E Macaro, S Curle, J Pun, J An, J Dearden - Language teaching, 2018 - cambridge.org
After outlining why a systematic review of research in English medium instruction (EMI) in
higher education (HE) is urgently required, we briefly situate the rapidly growing EMI …

Language challenges and coping strategies in English Medium Instruction (EMI) science classrooms: a critical review of literature

JKH Pun, X Fu, KKC Cheung - Studies in Science Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In classrooms worldwide, the use of English to teach science subjects is becoming
increasingly common. There is an increasing number of English-as-a-second/foreign …

Evacuation of difficulties and challenges for academic writing in ESL learning

M Ramzan, A Mushtaq, Z Ashraf - University of Chitral Journal of …, 2023 - jll.uoch.edu.pk
This study explores the challenges encountered by 60 ESL undergraduate students across
four universities in Lahore in their written compositions. Through a comprehensive analysis …

Celebratory or guilty multilingualism? English medium instruction challenges, pedagogical choices, and teacher agency in Pakistan

SA Manan, LA Channa, S Haidar - Teaching in Higher Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines teachers' language appropriation strategies in the multilingual setting
of Pakistani universities to show how they negotiate the official/institutional constraints …

Access to English in Pakistan: Inculcating prestige and leadership through instruction in elite schools

S Haidar - International Journal of Bilingual Education and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT In Pakistan, English is one of the official languages and the language of higher
education, a prerequisite for professional positions, and the most prestigious language …

Access to English in Pakistan: a source of prestige or a hindrance to success

S Haidar, F Fang - Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Previous studies focusing on the role of English in developing countries have reached
different conclusions. Some studies consider the English language to be beneficial for …

Understanding English language learning in tertiary English-medium instruction contexts in China

J Hu, P Wu - System, 2020 - Elsevier
This study drew upon activity theory to understand university students' learning of English in
tertiary English-medium instruction (EMI) contexts in China. It investigated seven Chinese …

[PDF][PDF] English medium instruction innovation in higher education: Evidence from Asian contexts

MM Rahman, MKM Singh, A Karim - Journal of Asia TEFL, 2018 - academia.edu
There are many educational settings using English as the medium of instruction (EMI).
Recently, as reported by Dearden (2015), the use of EMI is a rapidly growing global …

Has English medium instruction failed in Pakistan?

A Mahboob - … variations in English: Theoretical considerations and …, 2020 - Springer
Drawing on a range of sources, this paper questions whether English medium instruction, as
practiced in many schools across Pakistan, has failed. To explore this question, the paper …

Linguistic governmentality, neoliberalism, and communicative language teaching: Invisibility of Indigenous ethnic languages in the multilingual schools in Bangladesh

S Sultana, NT Ahmed, MNF Bhuiyan… - Southernizing …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Bangladesh is religiously, culturally, and linguistically diverse with 45 different and
distinctive indigenous communities (Durnnian, 2007). The highest number of indigenous …