Institutions across the world are using English to teach academic subjects in a desire to internationalise. The symposium will present a global view of EMI with experts from different countries sharing their perspectives. ​

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

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Professor David Lasagabaster - University of the Basque Country

​David Lasagabaster is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the university of the Basque Country. His research interests revolve around bilingualism and multilingualism, language attitudes and motivation, EFL, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), EMI (English-medium Instruction), and Internationalisation in Higher Education. He is currently leading a research project on' Team teaching in English-Medium instruction programmes at university' in which seven European universities are involved.
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​Associate Professor Yuen Yi LO - University of Hong Kong 

​Yuen Yi LO is an Associate Professor in the Division of English Language Education of the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. She is also the Deputy Director of the Master of Education programme. She received her doctorate at the University of Oxford and has previously worked at the Hong Kong Education University. Her research interests include bilingual education, Medium of Instruction policy, code-switching, cross-curricular collaboration and assessment. Her research has been published in Review of Educational Research, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Language Teaching Research and Language and Education.
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Transport Facilities
​Oxfordshire is located in between the UK’s two largest cities with London to the south and Birmingham to the north.

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Symposium Venue
Education department, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY​                       
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How to get to the symposium venue, Education Department
Access guide to the department can be found here: https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/access/dandt/socialsciences/education/

Symposium programme

The symposium programme is available below.
oxford_emi_symposium_2019_.pdf
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Post-symposium pub social, 6pm - 8pm, 26th June

All are warmly welcome to join us for the post-symposium social at the Royal Oak in Woodstock Road at 6pm-8pm at your own expense. 
Address of the pub: 42-44 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6HT
A table has been reserved for the symposium.

Call for Abstracts (Closed)

We are pleased to invite abstract submissions for the 3rd English Medium Instruction (EMI) Symposium 2019, an international research symposium on topics related to EMI. The Symposium will take place at the Department of Education, University of Oxford on Wednesday 26 June, 2019.

The English Medium Instruction (EMI) Symposium is a one-day symposium held every other year at the University of Oxford, Department of Education for students, researchers, and practitioners to convene and discuss the latest trends, experiences and findings in research on the teaching of academic subjects through English. The symposium invites keynote speakers to share their work on EMI, offering a global perspective with experts from different countries presenting on the realities of EMI in their local context. We are pleased to announce that the invited speakers at the 2019 EMI Symposium will be Professor David Lasagabaster (University of the Basque Country),  and Associate Professor Emma Dafouz Milne (Complutense University of Madrid). In addition, a limited number of spaces will be available for individual presentations at the symposium.

We invite students, researchers, and practitioners to submit abstracts for 15-minute presentations at the symposium, with a further 5 minutes for questions. (The presentations are shorter than the typical 20-25 minutes at many applied linguistics conferences, because a shared focus on EMI warrants less time needed to devote to situating the research within a broader literature). Submissions are welcome regardless of the stage of research, and presenters are invited to share ongoing work. The symposium offers a unique opportunity to present and discuss your research with EMI researchers, established academics, and practitioners from various countries.

Participants are encouraged to reflect on how their research relates to the theme, “Where does EMI take us? Global perspectives and local realities,” and the following sub-themes:

  • higher education
  • policy making
  • pedagogy
  • content teaching & learning
  • language teaching & learning
  • assessment & evaluation
  • teacher training
  • primary and secondary education
  • challenges and difficulties
  • stakeholder attitudes, beliefs & motivation
  • teaching and learning strategies in EMI
  • classroom interaction
  • theory in EMI
  • language(s) in EMI

Abstracts no longer than 200 words are to be uploaded through the EMI Network website (http://www.emi.network/emi-symposium-2019.html) no later than 15 February 2019 (Abstract submission is closed). We will notify presenters of successful submissions no later than 18 March 2019 and will assign your presentation to a panel session according to its theme.

We look forward to receiving your abstract submission!

Registration 

Please register for EMI Symposium 2019 via the link below (secure payment page on the University of Oxford website).
Register for EMI symposium 2019 (Closed)

Key dates

  • Abstract submission deadline: 15 February 2019 (closed)
  • Notification of acceptance: 18 March 2019 (sent)
  • Deadline for registration for presenters: 17 May​ 2019 (closed)
  • Deadline for general registration: 10 June​ 2019 (closed)
  • Symposium date: 26 June 2019​
For any questions, please contact [email protected].


2019 EMI Symposium Organising Committee:
Kari Coffman Şahan, Minhui Wei, Sihan Zhou, Ikuya Aizawa (Conference chairs)
Heath Rose (EMI Oxford Research Group Co-ordinator)