This paper addresses how the university lecture is evolving in response to new realities in
international higher education driven by two important trends: innovative online instructional …

The discourse on English-medium teaching in higher education uses several terms and
concepts to describe practices, very often synonymously. This contribution aims to fill the …

Framed against the backdrop of internationalization of higher education, this paper argues
for the need to cross disciplinary boundaries and build stronger bridges between the …

Since recent years Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) has been
involved in competition for higher international ratings. Striving to be among five Russia's …

In this chapter, I shall try to explain what academic literacy is, or as I shall argue, what
academic literacies are. I define academic literacy in very broad terms as the ability to …

This paper presents both the challenges faced by the introduction of subjects taught through
the medium of English in one group of the Bachelor's Degree in Primary Education at the …

This book offers new insights into the language gains of adult learners enrolled in an
English-medium instruction (EMI) degree programme. It provides longitudinal empirical …

Background: Research suggests that communication instruction is particularly effective
when situated in disciplinary courses. While studies show that this approach improves …

While the integration of content and language in higher education is the subject of a growing
body of research, comprehensive collaboration between content and language teachers has …

What this research was about and why it is important Integrating content and language (ICL)
has been a widely applied methodology of language learning and teaching in the last 20 …