Students’ and Lecturers’ Experience in English Medium Instruction (EMI) Classrooms: A Qualitative Study in Social Science Programs

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Qualitative study reveals challenges and benefits of english medium instruction in higher education, indicating need for targeted support.

Participants experienced difficulties in interacting in english during classes, but some improvement in language skills was noted.
Thematic analysis of data from interviews with 9 lecturers and 8 students indicates a mainly bilingual teaching approach was used.
The study highlights that lecturers applied similar teaching methods in both emi and non-emi environments, focusing on subject content rather than language.
Need for training programs emerged as both students and lecturers expressed challenges in their english language interactions in the classroom.

Zatalini et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Qualitative study reveals challenges and benefits of english medium instruction in higher education, indicating need for targeted support.