Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast – a podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language and related matters. In today’s episode we explore English-Medium Instruction with Dr Jim McKinley.
Jim is an associate professor of applied linguistics in higher education at University College London IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, and Academic Head of Learning and Teaching in the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. Jim’s recent research agenda is focused on the teaching-research nexus in higher education and TESOL, doctoral writing and L2 writer identity, and internationalisation education policy concerning English medium instruction (EMI) and content and language integrated learning (CLIL).
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In this episode, Matthew reviews the ELTons2017 awards, Rob leads a discussion on English-only policies, and Matt talks about the work of Leo Van Lier.
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