My musings and insight into the worlds of language and international education.
Conferencia de Apertura del Curso EMI: Universidad Autónoma de Manizales
English-Medium Instruction (EMI) en la Educación Superior Colombiana La instrucción por medio del inglés (o EMI por sus siglas en inglés) ha sido adoptado en más de 40.000 cursos universitarios a través del mundo. Esta modalidad está cada vez más presente en las universidades colombianas debido a sus contribuciones a la internacionalización institucional y a…
Building a Critical EMI Practitioner Training Program
I’ve had the luxury of designing and delivering my own curriculum for the faculty training work in English-medium instruction I’m carrying out at the Universidad Católica de Manizales, supported by the ICETEX Expertos Internacionales program. One thing that was very important to me as I designed this program was that it be critical. I sought…
What’s the status quo re: EMI in Colombian Universities?
I’m in Colombia, about to lead English-Medium Instruction training for faculty at the Universidad Católica de Manizales (more on this project to come!) I’ve been involved in faculty development in English-medium instruction for the Colombian context before, notably in the Global English-Mediated Classrooms project with Universidad Católica de Manizales (Colombia), Universidad Católica de Colombia, the…
A Place for Policy in EMI Lecturer Training
First, I want to say that I’m a bit of an LPP nerd. (That’s language policy and planning to you non-nerds out there). My doctoral research was on LPP, and the Canadian Multidisciplinary Approaches to Language Policy and Planning conference is one of my favourites to attend and present at. So I can’t help but…
CBIE 2025: Student Outcomes in Public Sector English for Academic Purposes Programs
Or, The Value of Your Institution’s Language Centre My presentation with Valerie Kilgour of Languages Canada is Nov. 5 at 8:30am at the CBIE Conference in Quebec City. Here’s the abstract: This session highlights Canada’s first multi-institutional study on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) programs, showing how high-quality language instruction, academic preparation, and integration support…
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Dr. Jennifer J. MacDonald 