English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities

<p>English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities analyses the issues related to EMI at both a local and international level and provides a broad perspective on this topic. Drawing on field studies from a Northern European context and based primarily on research carried out at the University of Copenhagen this book:</p><ul> <li>introduces a topical global issue that is central to the higher education research agenda;</li> <li>identifies the issues and challenges involved in EMI in relation to central linguistic pedagogical sociolinguistic and socio-cultural concepts;</li> <li>captures university lecturers’ experiences in the midst of curricular change and presents reflections on ways to navigate professionally in English to meet the demands of the multilingual and multicultural classroom.</li> </ul><p>English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities is key reading for researchers pre- and in-service teachers university management educational planners and advanced students with an interest in EMI and the multilingual multicultural university setting.</p>