Projet Teaching In English

TEACHING IN ENGLISH

Lecturers in all subject areas are facing a new reality: seminars and lectures with a highly diverse and international student body that requires instruction through English. English as a Medium of Instruction – or EMI – has become an important development in creating a truly international university. 

Degree courses in Europe are increasingly being taught in English, often where neither teacher nor students are native speakers. In 2012, 4,646 higher education institutions offered English-taught master’s courses across Europe. In 2013, that number had risen to 6,407.

The quality of academic teaching in this new context is a crucial issue for institutions, lecturers and students alike.

This course will provide support for academic staff who do their teaching through the medium of English.  It is designed to improve the overall quality of academic teaching by updating lecturers’ language skills and discussing techniques for day-to-day teaching.

The training is not just an English language course, but rather combines innovative teaching methodology and linguistic practice in order to enhance the quality of teaching. It offers lecturers of all disciplines hands-on linguistic tools and teaching strategies in order to communicate their materials more effectively.

It advances the lecturer’s ability to structure and deliver lectures in English effectively and confidently, communicate effectively with students whose first language is not English, and use English language in supervision/discussion/small-group contexts .

 For the University, this could mean enhanced teaching quality for English-taught course offers, the ability to attract a more diverse student body, and a stronger international reputation.

The course is interactive and grounded in discussion and group work. It uses the academic subjects of the participants as a core resource to illustrate EMI teaching strategies.