“…First, globalization, with its concomitant flows of people, capital, knowledge, business, science and technology across borders, has created a dire demand for a world lingua franca and cemented the status of English as that very language (Coleman, 2006;Hu, 2018). Second, many national governments have increasingly viewed EMI as an important strategy for gaining access to cutting-edge scientific knowledge and technological know-how and for enhancing their national competitiveness, especially in knowledge production and technological innovation (Kim, Kweon, & Kim, 2017). Third, EMI is viewed by many ministries of education as an effective way to raise the quality of higher education and develop 21 st century skills in their students (Airey, Lauridsen, Räsänen, Salö, & Schwach, 2017).…”