English as Medium of Instruction in Japanese Higher Education
Presumption, Mirage or Bluff?
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Foreign Languages, Japanese, Language Arts, Linguistics
| Author: | Glenn Toh | ISBN: | 9783319397054 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | September 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Glenn Toh |
| ISBN: | 9783319397054 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | September 17, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book sets out to uncover and discuss the curricular, pedagogical as well as cultural-political issues relating to ideological contradictions inherent in the adoption of English as medium of instruction in Japanese education. Situating the Japanese adoption of EMI in contradicting discourses of outward globalization and inward Japaneseness, the book critiques the current trend, in which EMI merely serves as an ornamental and promotional function rather than a robust educational intervention.
This book sets out to uncover and discuss the curricular, pedagogical as well as cultural-political issues relating to ideological contradictions inherent in the adoption of English as medium of instruction in Japanese education. Situating the Japanese adoption of EMI in contradicting discourses of outward globalization and inward Japaneseness, the book critiques the current trend, in which EMI merely serves as an ornamental and promotional function rather than a robust educational intervention.
