English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education Worldwide

Kingsley Bolton; John Bacon-Shone; Werner Botha; Benedict Lin

doi:10.1002/9781119518297.eowe00443

English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education Worldwide

Kingsley Bolton
, John Bacon-Shone
, Werner Botha
, Benedict Lin

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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This entry provides an overview of issues relating to English-medium instruction (EMI) worldwide, and the links between EMI and world Englishes as an academic enterprise. The entry begins with a short history of EMI as a designated area of scholarship, before providing a detailed review of major publications on EMI in recent years. The entry then discusses a world Englishes model of EMI, which is grounded in a sociolinguistic perspective, which owes a great deal to the work of Braj B. Kachru. The entry concludes by highlighting the need for empirical research involving the participation of locally based scholars in world Englishes settings worldwide.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of World Englishes
Editors	Kingsley Bolton
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781119518297
ISBN (Print)	9781119518310
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119518297.eowe00443
Publication status	Published - 11 Mar 2025

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English instruction
Higher education

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