The Evolution of EMI Research in European Higher Education

Alessandra Molino is an associate professor at the University of Torino. Her research interests include English-medium instruction (EMI), academic discourse, and sustainability discourse, three areas that she explores focusing on the use of language and combining the tools of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis. She has published in various edited volumes and in journals such as the Journal of English for Academic Purposes and Languages in Contrast. She has also edited the volume Observing Norms, Observing Usage: Lexis in Dictionaries and the Media, together with Serenella Zanotti, and English in Italy: Linguistic, Educational and Professional Challenges with Cecilia Boggio. Slobodanka Dimova is an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include language testing, EMI, and L2 speaking production. Her work appears in Language Testing, English for Specific Purposes, and World Englishes. She has also published the volume English-Medium Instruction in European Higher Education, together with Anna Kristina Hultgren and Christian Jensen, and the volume on Integrating Content and Language in Multilingual Higher Education with Joyce Kling. Joyce Kling is an associate Pprofessor at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include EMI, teacher cognition, and language testing. She has published in several edited volumes and journals in these areas. She has published the monograph English Medium Instruction in Multilingual and Multicultural Universities: Academics’ Voices from the Northern European Context, together with Birgit Henriksen and Anne Holmen, and the volume Integrating Content and Language in Multilingual Higher Education with Slobodanka Dimova. Sanne Larsen is an assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include EMI, integrating content and language, and second-language writing. She has published in various journals and edited volumes including Studies and Essays on Learning, Teaching and Assessing L2 Writing in Honour of Alister Cumming.

Chapter 1: Transnational Alignment of English-Medium Instruction Research

Chapter 2: English-Medium Instruction over Time: TAEC Chronology of Publications

Chapter 3: English-Medium Instruction Policies

Chapter 4: Stakeholders’ Attitudes, Perceptions, and Beliefs in English-Medium Instruction

Chapter 5: Language Use in English-Medium Instruction

Chapter 6: Assessment and Training of English-Medium Instruction Lecturers

Chapter 7: Learning Outcomes in English-Medium Instruction

Chapter 8: Intercultural Communication and Identity in English-Medium Instruction

Chapter 9: Towards an English-Medium Instruction Framework for Research