Teaching in English Is Not Necessarily the Teaching of English

Author: Chapple, J.

Recommended by: Alicia Fernández Barrera

“This article explains how a growing number of the nation’s universities are increasingly offering classes–and even entire courses–in English. This paper firstly explores the theoretical background and rationale behind the trend. It concludes with practical recommendations for greater language support activities and warns of the implications of naively equating EMI alone to an automatic improvement in English language ability in the Japanese context.”