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Editorial published In: Problematizing Language Policy and Practice in EMI and Transnational Higher Education: Challenges and Possibilities
Edited by Curtis Green-Eneix, Peter I. De Costa and Wendy Li
[Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 44:2] 2021
► pp. 115–128

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Editorial

Problematizing language policy and practice in EMI and transnational higher education

Challenges and possibilities

 | Michigan State University
 | Michigan State University
 | Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
Published online: 7 July 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.00036.edi
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.EMI and TNHE
  • 3.Why do students enroll in EMI-TNHE programs?
  • 4.How can we study this phenomenon of EMI-TNHE programs?
  • 5.What are the consequences of EMI-TNHE programs?
  • 6.What are the implications of EMI-TNHE programs?
  • References
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