EMI in Korean universities of science and technology: Challenges and future directions

Abstract

This talk will discuss the current states of EMI and related English language education in three major universities of science and technology in Korea and their faculty's and students' attitudes toward EMI. The universities' documents, newspaper articles, and Internet sources regarding the universities' EMI policies and implementation of such policies were gathered and analyzed, and questionnaire surveys were conducted among the faculty members and students of the universities. The results of the document analysis and surveys will be discussed. The speaker will conclude her talk with her suggestions for the future directions that Korean universities of science and technology should take in terms of EMI and related English language education.