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- | **English Medium Instruction (EMI**) | + | **English Medium Instruction (EMI) |
- | **What is it? | ||
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- | An increasing number of higher education institutions are adopting English as the medium of instruction for parts of their education. This means that vital academic exchanges are now taking place more frequently in second languages (L2) from both the teacher and student side. While this clearly enhances not only the international reputation of the university but also proficiency and confidence in the language of instruction (English, the lingua franca), it can also prove challenging for all parties concerned and thus inhibit communication between teachers and students. Currently the University of Freiburg offers 15? Masters programs taught either partially or entirely in English. As this trend is bound to continue, a project team has been established to offer guidance and support to lecturers/ | + | An increasing number of higher education institutions are adopting English as the medium of instruction for parts of or entire programs. This means that vital academic exchanges are now taking place more frequently in second languages (L2) from both the teacher and student side. While this clearly enhances not only the international reputation of the university but also the degree of proficiency and confidence in the language of instruction (English, the lingua franca), it can also prove challenging for all parties concerned and thus inhibit communication |
- | **The benefits | + | The Sprachlehrinstitut (SLI) (link) has launched a program to address this growing field in Europe. In an effort to support academic staff entrusted with teaching and guiding international students in English, two native speakers (link to our uni-pages) with extensive backgrounds in language instruction as well as experience in multicultural settings will be providing numerous services to this target group. |
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+ | ******Services offered | ||
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+ | * **General courses** to clean up inconsistencies, | ||
+ | * **Specific courses** such as | ||
+ | * Language and structuring tips for international classroom settings (link) | ||
+ | * Audience management- fielding and responding to questions and fostering classroom discussion (link) | ||
+ | * Vocal and oral pronunciation training (link) | ||
+ | * Intercultural aspects dealing with critical incidents (i.e., cultural expectations in academia) (link) | ||
+ | * Departmental courses/ | ||
+ | * Presentation workshops for academic and research conferences (link) | ||
+ | * **Coaching sessions** individually tailored based upon initial evaluations (link) | ||
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+ | ******The benefits | ||
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* Fine tune your target discourse | * Fine tune your target discourse | ||
- | * Improve your ability | + | * Retool teaching strategies adapted to second language skills |
- | * Become more aware of cultural aspects at play in the classroom | + | * Incease confidence in delivering quality lessons in English |
- | * Enhance | + | * Develop and hone skills |
+ | * Become more aware of cultural aspects at play in the classroom | ||
+ | * Enhance | ||
+ | * Build communities of practice among colleagues (i.e., sharing best practices and experiences) | ||
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+ | ******The next step | ||
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- | **Services offered | + | If you are interested in our course offers, feel free to click on the links above and register |
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- | * Discourse and syntax training to convey clear, precise messages | + | If you are interested in accessing our coaching services, click on the link above to set up an initial meeting where needs and goals are determined before conceiving |
- | * Individual coaching | + | |
- | * Stylistic | + | For any further enquiries or general questions, please feel free to contact us at: |
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+ | Gregg Dubow-- | ||
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+ | We look forward to working together with you! | ||
- | **The next step | ||
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- | In order to provide competent consulting for those interested in utilizing EMI services, an initial needs analysis must be conducted. This is generally followed by classroom observation, | ||
- | The needs analysis questionnaire can be accessed by clicking here: | ||