English-Medium Instruction in Japanese Higher Education

Policy, Challenges and Outcomes

Edited by Annette Bradford, Howard Brown

Publication date:

07 November 2017

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781783098941

English-Medium Instruction in Japanese Higher Education provides a touchstone for higher education practitioners, researchers and policy makers. It enables readers to more clearly understand why policies concerning English-medium instruction (EMI) are in place in Japan, how EMI is being implemented, what challenges are being addressed and what the impacts of EMI may be. The volume situates EMI within Japan’s current policy context and examines the experiences of its stakeholders. The chapters are written by scholars and practitioners who have direct involvement with EMI in Japanese higher education. They look at EMI from perspectives that include policy planning, program design, marketing and classroom practice.

Annette Bradford and Howard Brown: Introduction

Section 1: English-Medium Instruction in Context

Annette Bradford and Howard Brown: ROAD-MAPPING English-Medium Instruction in Japan
Hiroko Hashimoto: Government Policy Driving English-Medium Instruction at Japanese Universities: Responding to a Competitiveness Crisis in a Globalizing World
Bern Mulvey: Recent Government Policy and its Impact on English-Medium Instruction: Why this Time may be Different

Section 2: The Implementation of English-Medium Instruction in Japan

Hiroyuki Takagi: Development of English-Medium Instruction as a Key for Internationalizing Curricula in Japan
Beverley Anne Yamamoto and Yukiko Ishikura: A Pebble that Creates Great Waves? Global 30 Classes and Internationalization of the Student Body

Section 3: Challenges and Solutions for English-Medium Instruction in Japan

Gregory Poole: Administrative Impediments: How Bureaucratic Practices Obstruct the Implementation of English-Taught Programs in Japan
Hiroshi Ota and Kiyomi Horiuchi: How Accessible are English-Taught Programs? Exploring International Admissions Procedures
Sarah Louisa Birchley: A Marketing Perspective on English-Medium Instruction at Universities in Japan

Section 4: The Student and Faculty Experience

Christopher G. Haswell: Accepting Neighboring Englishes: Investigating the Attitudes and Preconceptions of English-Medium Instruction Students at an International University in Japan
Juanita Heigham: Center Stage but Invisible: International Students in an English-Taught Program
Sae Shimauchi: Gender in English-Medium Instruction: Differences in International Awareness?
Bernard Susser: A Tale of Two Classes: From EFL CBI to ELF EMI
Miki Horie: Faculty Training for Non-Native Speakers of English at Japanese Universities: Effective English-Medium Teaching for a Culturally Diversified Student Population

Section 5: Curriculum Contexts

Bethany Mueller Iyobe and Jia Li: Factors for Success and Sustainability of an Elective English-Medium Instruction Program
Jim McKinley: Making the EFL to ELF Transition in English-Medium Instruction at a Global Traction University
Nílson Kunioshi and Harushige Nakakoji: Features, Challenges and Prospects of a Science and Engineering English-Taught Program

Section 6: Future Directions for English-Medium Instruction

Akira Kuwamura: The Future of English-Medium Instruction in Japan
Annette Bradford and Howard Brown: Final Thoughts: Have We Seen this Before? The Information Technology Parallel

This edited volume provides the reader with deep insights into a whole range of issues connected with the EMI phenomenon in Japanese higher education. Whether the reader is involved in Japanese education or not, the book acts as an excellent model of how to compose a case study of one particular country, how language policies are arrived at, how EMI is conceptualised and how to evaluate the reactions of the various stakeholders.