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Olha Luchenko; Olha Doronina; Yevhen Chervinko – Advanced Education, 2024
Purpose: This article examines the use of English medium instruction (EMI) for teaching Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) by non-native speakers with a focus on multilingual classrooms. It also explores teachers' positive and negative beliefs about using EMI in classroom settings for JFL instruction. Methods and procedure: 274 non-native…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Multilingualism, Japanese, Language Teachers
Ikuya Aizawa – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2025
This study investigates the impact of the language of instruction on assessment outcomes by comparing students' test performance in English (EMI) and Japanese Medium Instruction (JMI) courses. Data were collected from a university in Japan offering parallel Chemistry courses in Japanese and English as part of the same undergraduate curriculum. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Usage, Academic Language
Rachael Ruegg; Jennifer Yphantides – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
Although an increasing amount of research has focussed on the relationship between student language proficiency and English-medium instruction (EMI) programme outcomes, there has been little focus on the broader assessment of progress and learning within EMI programmes, especially in Asia. The purpose of this study was to determine the kinds of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Program Evaluation
Daniel Roy Pearce – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book explores alternative approaches to foreign language education in a context which is traditionally dominated by English-only approaches, and widely viewed as highly monolingual. It examines the grassroots classroom practices of teachers and their assistants involved in plurilingual education in the first longitudinal research of its type…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Shirahata, Mai; Lahti, Malgorzata – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
Many universities in non-English speaking countries have been adopting English as a medium of instruction to internationalize their education. We set out to compare the language policies of a Finnish and a Japanese university using the lens of language ideology -- a set of normative beliefs about the social dimension of language. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Language Planning, Educational Policy
Lijie Shao; Heath Rose – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In recent decades, English taught programmes have rapidly increased in number throughout Europe and East Asia as universities aim to internationalise their curriculum, which has given rise to an increase in English-medium instruction (EMI). This study aims to compare the teaching experiences at three EMI programmes in The Netherlands, China, and…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Todd J. Allen – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2025
Linguistic landscape (LL) projects, an experiential learning approach, enhance students' intercultural communication (IC) skills by exposing them to linguistic and cultural diversity in their communities (Li et al., 2022. Developing beginning language learners' (meta-) cultural understanding via student-led Linguistic Landscape research.…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kiyu Itoi; Ryo Mizukura – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
With the internationalisation of higher education, many universities in non-English-speaking countries have started offering English-medium instruction (EMI) courses. In Asia, in addition to the challenges caused by instructors and local students not being L1 speakers of English, the recent study-abroad trend has added more complexity to…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Study Abroad, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Sakamoto, Mitsuyo – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a popular teaching approach that is being enthusiastically adopted across Japan (Ikeda, M. 2019. "CLIL in Comparison with PPP: A Revolution in ELT by Competency-Based Language Education." In "Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning: The Case of Japan," edited by H.…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kobayashi, Yoko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Many people involved in international education, including students and parents, engage in a stepping-stone discourse that identifies English-medium learning in non-Western countries as a preparatory stage for postsecondary education in Western destinations, with the ultimate goal to secure competitive employment. The present study examines how…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, International Education
Gyogi, Eiko – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Increasing linguistic and cultural diversity has led to an increased need for plurilingual pedagogy in the language classroom. This study expands the scope of the existing literature on plurilingual pedagogy in a different context: a Japanese language classroom at an English-medium instruction (EMI) university in Japan. It focuses on students'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Joseph Siegel; Yoko Kusumoto – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The importance of notetaking for English for academic purposes (EAP) students and teachers is growing due to a rapid increase in the number of universities offering English as a medium of instruction (EMI) courses around the world (e.g. [Teng, H. C. 2011. "Exploring Note-taking Strategies of EFL Listeners." "Procedia -- Social and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Chang Qizhong; Lim Si Wei – Migration and Language Education, 2024
This study utilises comparative case studies of three Japanese third-culture kids (TCKs) living in Singapore aged 16, each from a different school type (international school, Japanese school, and local Singapore school). It explores if the home language, language used in school, language used in social circles, and language of media consumed of…
Descriptors: Asians, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
Siyan Dang – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
The utilization of English-medium Instruction (EMI) has become increasingly prevalent in Japanese higher education as a means of promoting internationalisation. International students who come to study in Japan are likely to encounter unforeseen multilingual situations where they are forced to learn the local language. This study employed a…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Murod Ismailov – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
While 'interactive' and 'student-centered teaching' are becoming buzzwords when promoting international English Medium Instruction (EMI) tertiary programmes in non-Anglophone countries, studies found that fewer lecturers possessed the competencies needed to teach content subjects interactively. This longitudinal case study looked beyond content…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, College Faculty, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language)