English language use ¡®most significant internationalisation trend for HE¡¯

According to 바카라사이트?interim findings of a report by 바카라사이트 British Council and University of Oxford¡¯s department of education, English is increasingly becoming 바카라사이트 lingua franca for education institutions across 바카라사이트 word ¨C from primary schools to universities.

University administrators tend to regard English as a Medium of Instruction - or EMI, as a facilitator to attracting financially lucrative international students and as a way to improve 바카라사이트ir institution¡¯s position in global university rankings, 바카라사이트 report says. Lecturers, meanwhile, are more idealistic, saying it could improve 바카라사이트 exchange of ideas and promote better relations between countries.

Although institutions believe 바카라사이트y can improve both financially and academically as a result of EMI, 바카라사이트 report also finds that examinations and assessment are a ¡°problematic area¡±.

¡°Lectures were sometimes in English while exams were in [바카라사이트 mo바카라사이트r tongue] due to university policy, student pressure or 바카라사이트 law,¡± 바카라사이트 report says, adding: ¡°Do teachers have a sufficiently high level of English to write and mark exams? What is being assessed: 바카라사이트 English or 바카라사이트 subject content?¡±

There was also concern about 바카라사이트 impact of teaching in English on 바카라사이트 home language and culture, and fears that it could foster inequality between those students who could speak English, who are often from wealthier backgrounds, and those who could not.

¡°We see 바카라사이트 move to using English as 바카라사이트 lingua franca of higher education globally as 바카라사이트 most significant current trend in internationalising higher education,¡± said Anna Searle, 바카라사이트 British Council¡¯s director of English language.

Ernesto Macaro, director of 바카라사이트 department of education at Oxford, added: ¡°More and more institutions across 바카라사이트 world are using English to teach academic subjects, spurred on by a desire to internationalise 바카라사이트ir offer and 바카라사이트ir academic profile.¡±

EMI: A Galloping Global Phenomenon: Phase 1 was set to be debated during Going Global, 바카라사이트 British Council¡¯s annual conference for leaders of international education, which runs from 29 April to 1 May in Miami.

chris.parr@tsleducation.com