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English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI): planning and teaching your subject in English

Departamento de Postgrado y Postítulo

English has become the lingua franca of academia and a medium of instruction due to globalisation and internationalisation of universities around the world. As a result, the number of English taught courses offered in higher education (HE) has expanded which presents new challenges for the majority of tutors for whom English is not their native or first language. Moreover, such transition has revealed a lack of training and specialised support for non-native professionals. Therefore, Universidad de Chile would like to offer the course ‘English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI): Planning and teaching your subject in English’ to everyone who is interested in delivering their subject through instruction in English, based on the latest research in teaching and learning.

The main goals of this course are the following:

  • to provide a thorough introduction to the concept of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education (HE) and its growing implementation and expansion at local and global settings;
  • to raise self-confidence and the competence required for using English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) through developing awareness of the diverse uses of English around the world;
  • to equip future EMI tutors with organisational and pedagogical strategies and methods that are necessary for effective usage of English in the global classroom;
  • to enable individuals to apply the acquired knowledge and skills to practical sessions guided by experienced tutors.
  • author
    Ludmila Kalasnikova

    Holds a BA in English Philology with a minor in German and an MA in Education from the Daugavpils University in Latvia. Since 2011, she was immersed in the field of education through a range of settings and stages and is currently involved in teaching Academic Skills for the Pre-sessional Programme at the University of Southampton. Additionally, alongside her teaching career, she obtained CELTA and TKT certificates offered by Cambridge English Language Assessment and was awarded the European Union’s Comenius Assistantship.

  • author
    Alicia Salomone

    Holds an MA in Global English from the University of Southampton and a TESOL Certificate from Trinity College London. She also holds a PhD in Literature from Universidad de Chile. Since 2001 is an academic at the Department of Literature, Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, and since 2014 is also the head of the Postgraduate Studies Department at the Vice Presidency of Academic Matters, Universidad de Chile.

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