Article published In: Journal of English-Medium Instruction
Vol. 1:1 (2022) ► pp.124–136
A research agenda for English-medium instruction
Conversations with scholars at the research fronts
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Published online: 21 January 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/jemi.21022.sah
https://doi.org/10.1075/jemi.21022.sah
Abstract
Since English-Medium Instruction (EMI) has emerged as an important field of policy and research, there are a
multiplicity of issues that are unexamined but need critical attention. This paper features some key scholars of EMI who together
highlight contemporary issues of EMI as a field of research and its primary future research agendas moving forward, including
appropriate methods of collecting information about EMI. The nine researchers, who represent different geographical contexts
(South/East Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America), have offered their views regarding the future research agendas of EMI. Based
on the conversations with these researchers, this paper presents eight strands of EMI research agendas that need to be carried
on.
सार
अंग्रेजी माध्यम शिक्षाको मुद्दा अनुसन्धान र निति निर्माण गर्नुपर्ने एक महत्वपूर्ण विषयको रुपमा देखापरेता पनि यस
विषयमा धेरै मुद्दाहरू बारे अध्ययन भइसकेको छैन तर ती मुद्दाहरूमाथि ध्यान दिनु अपरिहार्य छ । यस लेखमा अंग्रेजी माध्यम शिक्षामा दखल
राख्नेकेही विद्वानहरूले यसको अनुसन्धानबारे समसामयिक मुद्दाहरू, उपयुक्त तथ्याङ्क संकलन विधिहरू लगायत भावी अनुसन्धानका मुख्य
एजेण्डाबारे छलफल गरेका छन् । भावी अनुसन्धानका एजेण्डाबारे विभिन्न भौगोलिक क्षेत्र जस्तै दक्षिण पूर्वी एशिया, अफ्रिका, युरोप र
दक्षिण अमेरिकाको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्दै नौ जना अनुसन्धानकर्ताले आफ्नो विचार र अनुभव प्रस्तुत गरेका छन् । ती अध्येतासँगको कुराकानीको
आधारमा यस लेखले अंग्रेजी माध्यम शिक्षा सम्बन्धि अनुसन्धानका आठ क्षेत्रहरु प्रस्तुत गरेको छ ।
Article outline
- Introduction
- What should be on the EMI research agenda going forward?
- Interview 1: Roger Barnard
- Interview 2: M. Obaidul Hamid
- Interview 3: Anna Kristina Hultgren
- Interview 4: Ernesto Macaro
- Interview 5: Ron Martinez
- Interview 6: Lizzi O. Milligan
- Interview 7: Heath Rose
- Interview 8: Philip Shaw
- Interview 9: Yuen Yi Lo
- Conclusion: Key issues and research strands
- Note
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