Project: Modelling plurilithic orientations to English with trainee teachers: A comparative international study
Principal researcher: Christopher J Hall (York St John University, UK)
Co-researchers: Alice Gruber (Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, Germany), Yuan Qian (Suzhou University of …
1. What was the impetus behind your recent book “ROAD-MAPPING English Medium Education in the Internationalised University”?
Given the exponential growth of the use of English in higher education across the globe, we wanted to argue in detail for our …
1. What was the impetus behind your recent book “Professional Development for EMI Faculty in Mexico: The Case of Bilingual, International, and Sustainable Universities”?
I lived in the UK from 2015 to 2017. During a trip to Mexico …
I’d tend to think from a slightly different perspective(!): What is the importance of ELT without GE? An increasing number of people learn to use English for …
1) What is the importance of Global Englishes (GE) for English language teaching (ELT)?
Global Englishes (GE) is a phenomenon that challenges many ELT educational stakeholders who usually favor native-English conventions and raises a significant language learning question whether native …
1) What is the importance of Global Englishes (GE) for English language teaching (ELT)?
I think GE is very important for ELT because it can prepare learners for the messy world of English use in the 21st…
1. What is the importance of Global Englishes (GE) for English language teaching (ELT)?
I believe both language practitioners and applied linguistics researchers of English should recognize the current linguistic landscape, where language contact is rather complex, dynamic and …
1. What was the impetus behind your recent book “English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities: Academics’ Voices from the Northern European Context”?
This book, in a sense, is a response to queries and requests my co-authors, Professor Birgit …
Why do you think English as a medium of instruction growing so fast around the globe?
Three reasons:
1) the desire for universities to internationalise (and thereby rise in the world rankings) – this needs a lingua franca (English) so …