“Cross-Departmental Dialogues for Sustainable Success of English-Taught Programs”
Vanessa Armand, Amanda Tomanek, Brandon Imamura
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 11:30 am - 12:15 pm E253a (Lakeside) Key Terms, Acronyms, and Literature: ● Key literature: ○ Bradford, A. (2016). Toward a typology of implementation challenges facing English- ● Acronyms: medium instruction in higher education: ○ AL: Academic Literacy Evidence from Japan. Journal of Studies in ○ ELF: English as a Lingua Franca International Education, 20(4), 339-356. ○ EMI: English-Medium Instruction ○ ETP: English-Taught Program ○ Brown, H. (2016). English-medium instruction in Japan: Discussing implications for language teaching. In P. Clements, A. Krause, & H. ● Stakeholders: Brown (Eds.), Focus on the learner. Tokyo: ○ S1: AL teachers of W2 (writing) course JALT. ■ S1a: the researchers ○ S2: English Language Program ○ Brown, H. (2017). Why and why now? administrators Understanding the rapid rise of English- ○ S3: Other AL faculty: W1 (pre-requisite medium instruction in higher education in writing), R (analytical reading), & S Japan. Journal of International Studies and (public speaking) Regional Development, 8, 1-16. ○ S4: ETP content faculty ○ S5: University administration ○ Dearden, J. (2014). English as a medium of instruction - a growing global phenomenon. London, UK: British Council. Retrieved from: ● University Hierarchy https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/fil es/e484_emi_-_cover_option_3_final_web.pdf
○ Toh, G. (2013). Where realities confront ideals:
the personal, professional, philosophical and political in the teaching of academic English in a Japanese setting. Policy Futures in Education, 11(5), 589-605.
○ Toh, G. (2016). Extrapolating from an inquiry
into curricular issues concerning the adoption of English as medium of instruction in a Japanese university situation. Latin American ● Bradford’s (2016) Typology: Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 9 (1), 210-235. 4 Categories of doi:10.5294/laclil.2016.9.1.9 Challenges for EMI in Lin Cu Contact info: Japanese Universities gui ltur Vanessa Armand: varmand@tiu.ac.jp (Bradford, 2016, p. 352) Amanda Tomanek: atomanek@tiu.ac.jp stic al Brandon Imamura: bimamura@tiu.ac.jp