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Yawen Han; Juan Dong – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
The adoption of English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education has gained popularity in China's tertiary education as a result of globalization. International students in Chinese universities are celebrated as part of soft power projection to extend China's global impact. Informed by Piller and Cho's concept of "Neoliberalism as…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
An, Ning; Zheng, Yongyan – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
Despite the predominant position of global English, teaching and learning of languages other than English (LOTEs) are gaining increasing attention in foreign language planning in China. This study aims to showcase the development of an elective Arabic language program in a Chinese university through the lens of agency as a spatial, temporal, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Dang, Thi Kim Anh; Vu, Thao Thi Phuong – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
The literature on English-medium instruction (EMI) has predominantly focused on contexts where English is not the first language. Little is known about EMI in traditional English-speaking (Anglophone) contexts like Australia, where English is the first language. The highly internationalised Australian higher education has witnessed a growing…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, International Education