English-medium instruction in Chinese higher education: a case study

Collaborating with Management Academics in a New Economy: Benefits and Challenges

“…Our OMA respondents also pointed to CMAs' inadequacies in English proficiency and English writing ability. In our previous research, we have highlighted how inadequacies in English proficiency can become barriers for Chinese business/management scholars in their endeavors to publish in international journals, present papers at international conferences, and meet the institutional requirement of bilingual teaching [2,3,47]. In our view, the importance of English language skills has been underestimated in assessing international collaboration involving English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) scholars and their collaborators.…”

Differentiating factors in ARA Groups(groups of high academic achievement) and its effects on the definition of university strategies

“…El inglés como medio de instrucción (EMI) es una tendencia global en un número creciente de instituciones de educación superior de países donde el inglés no es la lengua principal Hu and Lei, 2013).…”

“…L'EMI és un fenomen global, associat a la millora dels coneixements d'anglès i de la internacionalització, però planteja preocupacions sobre els resultats de l'aprenentatge i l'equitat . El propòsit d'aquest estudi va ser avaluar la primera promoció (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014) havien assenyalat altres efectes en les pràctiques virtuals i en l'aplicació de noves tecnologies a l'experiència de pràctiques, referits sobretot a la millora de les habilitats informàtiques i dels resultats de l'aprenentatge (Chu et al, 2010;Franks and Oliver, 2012;McEachern, 2011 Hu and Lei, 2013). EMI és utilitzat per les universitats com una eina d'internacionalització i marketing (Byun et al, 2001;Hou et al, 2012).…”

“…Nonetheless, some of the included studies in China found that it functions to perpetuate educational inequalities, by making it a service to the privileged, the rich, and the elite (Hu & Lei, 2013;Hu, Li & Lei, 2012, Lueg & Lueg, 2015. It was also found that, in China, business students from the lowest stratum self-select against EMI due to a pronounced fear of failure despite their awareness that EMI leads to higher employability (Lueg & Lueg, 2015).…”

“…English-medium instruction (EMI) is a global trend in higher education institutions in a growing number of non-English-speaking countries worldwide, in a globalization and marketization context Hu & Lei, 2013). EMI is used by universities to improve English proficiency of students Sert, 2008), to enhance their employability and their competitiveness .…”