This book is an exploration of the desirability and feasibility of English Medium Instruction (EMI) in specific university settings in Southeast Asia. It will review historical and contemporary trends and changes to EMI, and elicit the perceptions of a number of applied linguists in a range of Asian universities.
Roger Barnard is an associate professor in applied linguistics at The University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Zuwati Hasim is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Preface (Roger Barnard and Zuwati Hasim)
Foreword (Robert Phillipson)
1. Setting the scene: EMI in Asian universities (Roger Barnard)
2. Voices from the field: Email interviews with applied linguists in Asia (Jonathon Ryan)
3. Case Study: EMI in a public university in Malaysia (Zuwati Hasim and Roger Barnard)
4. Case Study: EMI in Universiti Brunei Darussalam (Noor Azam Haji-Othman and James McLellan)
5. Case Study: EMI in an Indonesian university (Fuad Abdul Hamied and Nenden Lengkanawati)
6. EMI in Malaysia: Student Voices (Murad Saeed, Mary Varghese, Mark Holst, and Kamila Ghazali)
7. The spread of English Medium Instruction programmes: Educational and research implications (Angel Lin and Yuen Yi Lo)
8. Market English as Medium of Instruction: Education in neoliberal times (Ruanni Tupas)
Afterword (Andy Kirkpatrick)
Index