Teacher Professional Development Programs in EMI Settings: International Perspectives

This book showcases a range of professional development activities in English medium instruction (EMI) from diverse international contexts. While EMI offers many benefits, it also comes with challenges for both teachers and learners, especially in terms of language proficiency, teaching practices, and curriculum design. To address these challenges, professional development activities are essential for supporting teachers and learners in EMI contexts. The scope of the book includes topics such as teacher training, curriculum design, assessment, classroom practices, and policy implementation in a range of EMI settings, including higher education, schools, and vocational institutions. The book offers practical guidance and innovative approaches for practitioners that will enhance their teaching practices and support their learners. The book also provides new insights into the challenges and opportunities of EMI in different contexts and contributes to the development of new theoretical frameworks for understanding EMI. This book is intended for EMI teachers, teacher trainers, researchers, policymakers, and administrators at different levels of education.

Ali Karakas is Associate Professor at Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey. He has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Southampton University, UK. He is also a postdoctoral member of the Centre for Global Englishes at Southampton University. His main research interests include Global Englishes, English as a lingua franca, language policy and planning, language ideologies and pre-service and in-service language teacher education.

Yasemin Kırkgöz is Professor in the English Language Teacher Education department of Çukurova University, Turkey. Her main research interests include language policy and practices particularly in primary and higher education, curriculum design and innovation management, problem-based learning in ELT, English medium instruction in higher education, and pre-service and in-service teacher education. She has received various awards, including the Third Annual David E. Eskey Memorial Award for Curricular Innovation for her publication Innovation as a Curriculum Renewal Process in a Turkish University in 2006, and the Leadership and Management Special Interest Group (SIG) award from IATEFL in 2013.