文章导读 高校以英语作为教学媒介语(English as medium of instruction,EMI),即“在多数人口的第一语言不是英语的国家使用英语传授学术科目”(Dearden 2015),已经成为非英语国家高等教育领域的普遍做法。EMI源于20世纪50年代的欧洲,进入新世纪以来,欧洲高校EMI发展更为迅猛。这不仅对欧洲各国的高等教育发展产生了深刻影响,也引起了国际语言政策研究者的广泛关注。EMI不仅仅是语言、教学上的变化,它也是一种地理政治、经济以及观念形态现象,将对大学的生态系统产生重要影响(Fenton-Smith,Humphreys & Walkinshaw 2017)。对欧洲高校EMI的发展动因、基本发展情况、出现的问题及对策进行深入分析探讨,吸取其经验教训,将对构建具有中国特色的高校EMI项目具有启迪作用。
Abstract:Since the beginning of the 21st century, English as medium of instruction (EMI) programs have been burgeoning in the European higher education. At the same time, the use of EMI in the European higher education has drawn much academic attention. The present paper is concerned with the policy, realities and constraints experienced in the implementation of EMI programs in European universities. After a survey of the driving forces of European EMI development at the global, European, national, and institutional level, main features of European EMI development are discussed: an unequivocal rise in the EMI provision, great north-south divide, and uneven proportions between undergraduate and master’s level in terms of degrees and disciplines. This study further addresses some of political, administrative, and educational challenges to be considered as a consequence of this rapid EMI development in Europe. These challenges include how to strike a balance between national language(s) and English in policy design, how to enforce language planning in higher education institutes, and how to ensure the quality of English language capability of teachers and students. This study thus aims to develop our understanding of the relationship between EMI and higher education internationalization on the one hand and the multi-layered analysis involved in EMI studies from the perspective of language policy and planning on the other.
林 晓. 新世纪欧洲高校英语作为教学媒介语的发展研究[J]. 语言战略研究, 2021, 6(2): 24-36.
Lin Xiao. The Development of English as Medium of Instruction in European Higher Education Since the Beginning of the 21st Century. , 2021, 6(2): 24-36.