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English-medium instruction at a Dutch university:What have we learned from a quarter of a century of experience?
Robert Wilkinson
Maastricht University, Netherlands
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EMI at a Dutch university: overview
• Evaluating 25 years of experience– EMI perspectives and phases– EMI and domain loss (national vs. local)– Curriculum & course design– Teaching quality– Collaboration– Conclusions
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EMI: perspectives
• Globalization & demographics• Domain loss• Trading practices in HE
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Evaluating: phases of EMICross-border1987
Motivations
Practical
Idealist
Educational
Survival
Financial
Consolidation1995
European-ization1991
Globaliz-ation2002
Monetization 2007
geography
multi-lingualism
new programmes
recruitment (internat. & exch. students)
new programmes
home market (small/saturated)
international.-at-home
profile (bilingual)
cost of biling. options
recruitment (student expertise)
new programmes
profile (internat.)
recruitment (money)
profile (rankings)
recruitment (bring in money)
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Domain loss
• EMI → domain loss for L1 (e.g. Ammon, 2008; Brock-Utne, 2007; Phillipson, 2003; etc.)
• EMI: prestige functions of social communication
• Spread to other social spheres (e.g. Janssens & Marynissen, 2005)
• Reduced creativity in L1
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Domain loss
• Favourable treatment of English/inequitable treatment of L1 (e.g. Brock-Utne, 2007; van Parijs, 2004)
• Employability issues: can EMI graduates function in L1? (e.g. Melis, 2010)
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Domain loss
• Arises because of hegemony of nation-state (e.g. Brutt-Griffler, 2008)
• Nation-states promote advance of English (foreign language teaching in schools) (e.g. Grin, 2002)
• National vs. individual institution
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An individual Dutch university: EMI
• Attractiveness to students• Strengthening of revenue stream• Widening recruitment pool• Success breeds success• Recognition • Students: positioning themselves for job
market• Students: quality of programme & teaching
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Curriculum & course design
• Course design: – rationale/philosophy, learning goals, content
selection, teaching/learning methods, learner factors (e.g. motivation), learning context
• Content selection:– Is programme new or conversion from L1
programme? (EPH or Economics)– Are disciplines nationally culturally determined or
relatively independent of national culture? (ES or KE)
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Curriculum & course design: EMI
• Broad themes• In-depth study for student• No explicit demand to seek material
other than in English• General theories, principles• General applications irrespective of
national context• Narrow depth vs. shallow breadth
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Teaching quality: EMI
• Lecturing puts onus on teaching staff– Pronunciation– Lack of clarity– Linguistic flexibility, nuances– Spontaneous exemplification– (e.g. Vinke, 1995, 2010; Klaassen, 2001)
• Language: no long-term effect on learning
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Teaching quality: EMI
• Student-centred learning, e.g. PBL– Emphasis on students’ responsibility for
own learning• Plan learning, determine interaction, research
& assess own learning
– Active language use– Lessens reliance of staff language ability– Development vs. stabilization or
fossilization
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Collaboration between content & EAP staff
• Expectations – Students: quality of content, content
knowledge & language development– Content staff: stimulate learning of subject
matter; not develop language ability
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Collaboration between content & EAP staff
• EAP staff: monitor, support, instruct– Academic literacies (esp. writing)– Language enhancement– Knowledge of content curriculum
(knowledge structure)– Team-teaching → parallel/adjunct teaching
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Quality: EMI
• EMI: initial negative effect on understanding, no long-term effect
• No effect on learning outcomes• Signs of positive effect on learning process• Slight negative effect on teachers’ teaching, no
relation with student outcomes• Time-consuming and tiring on teaching staff • Quality of students’ English related to amount of
time in English• Minor pronunciation problems can lead to strong
negative reactions from students• (Vinke, 2010; de Bot, 2011)
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Conclusions
• EMI – positive outcomes if well designed
• EMI – economic benefits to institution and to student (e.g. Grin, 2002; van Parijs, 2004)
• English as commodity• Differentiation need will grow
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Conclusions
• EMI at national level– Domain loss or domain adaptation– Funding issues: taxpayer revolt?– Need for full economic analysis
• Political/social level– Risk of social division – elite (haves/have-
nots)– Ghettoization
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Thank you
• Robert Wilkinson• [email protected]
Advance information
Planned ICLHE conference(Integrating Content & Language in Higher Education)
Maastricht, April 2013