English Medium of Instruction Centre

World leaders in EMI

We design and deliver bespoke programs and services for higher education providers in contexts where English is (or is planned to be) used as the medium of instruction.

The Macquarie University English Medium of Instruction (EMI) Centre is a world first that focuses exclusively on English Medium Instruction and its associated practice.

The Centre is governed by an Advisory Board, comprising leaders from the fields of Education, Applied Linguistics and TESOL.

• Associate Professor Pamela Humphreys, Director, Macquarie University College
• Dr Melissa Reed, Macquarie University Department of Linguistics
• Cara Dinneen, Education Manager, Macquarie University College
• Associate Professor Sue Ollerhead, University of South Pacific
• Professor Emeritus Andy Kirkpatrick, Department of Languages and Linguistics, Griffith University.

Global symposia

Our online global symposia bring together an international lineup of leading EMI and CLIL experts and practitioners to share research, practice and experiences in shaping high quality educational experiences for English taught programs..

Read EMI symposia papers.

Watch recording.

Speaker/s	Presentation title	Recording time
Associate Professor Joyce Kling, Lund University, Sweden	Keynote: Targeted CLIL support for English Medium Instruction	6:30
Associate Professor Mei-Lan Lo, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan	It takes two to tango: integrating content and language expertise in an ESP course	49:32
Dr Cameron Lydster, Bond University, Australia	Language specialists and medicine domain experts’ collaboration	56:38
Michael Setiawan, BINUS University, Indonesia	CLIL in an EMI setting: a supportive scaffold in language-content collaboration	1:04:11
Tomomi Ota, Hokkaido University of Education, Japan	Collaborative EMI promotion in Japanese higher education	1:11:05
Hannah Madin, Department of Education and Training NT, Australia	Road to success in the Northern Territory Department of Education and Training	1:23:56
Luis Torres-Vasques and Daniel Escribens, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru	EMI teachers’ attitudes and beliefs about GenAI: a case in Peru	1:31:49
Professor JinHuei Yeh, Taiwan National Central University, and Professor ShanYing Chu, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Taiwan	Leveraging cross-institution collaboration and GenAI for EMI education in statistics	1:38:07
Associate Professor Sue Ollerhead, University of the South Pacific, Fiji, Dr Agnes Bodis, Macquarie University, Dr Yulia Kharchenko, Maynooth University, Ireland, and Cara Dinneen, Macquarie University College	Panel discussion	1:47:00

Watch recording.

Speaker/s	Presentation title	Recording time
Dr Sue Ollerhead	Keynote: Overview of multilingual approaches and theoretic base for these approaches	5:58
Joe Yiming Lee, Taipei Municipal Zhongzheng Senior High Scool	Beyond simplification and differentiation: Multimodal learning and translanguaging in a Taiwanese bilingual entrepreneurship PBL classroom	42:30
Yueh-Hsien Tai, Taichung Wen-Hua Senior High School	The use of L1 in CLIL teaching at high schools in Taiwan	51:19
Dr Shih-Han Su, The Affiliated Experimental Elementary School of National Pingtung University	Word problems for mathematical solutions with young learners	59:21
Professor Ofelia Garcia and Dr Sue Ollerhead	Q&A: A discussion on translanguaging practices	1:15:00
Dr Yulia Kharchenko	Guest speaker: Pedagogical translanguaging strategies for an EMI classroom	1:55:10
Shan-Chien Yang, Taipei First Girls’ High School	Plot A spectrum from the astronomy database: Aligning language and comprehension	2:14:00
Thai Phuong Thao and Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuong, Hanoi University of Science and Technology	Adopting multilingual pedagogies in EMI courses at HUST	2:19:40
Michael Setiawan, BINUS University	CLIL with translanguaging serves the right purpose	2:27:40
Associate Professor Phil Chappell, Dr Yulia Kharchenko, Honorary Professor Phil Benson and Cara Dinneen	Panel discussion: Reflections on translanguaging	2:40:20

Day 1

Watch Day 1 recording.

Speaker/s	Presentation title	Recording time
Professor Andy Kirkpatrick, Emeritus Professor Griffith University, Australia and Fellow of Australian Academy of Humanities	Framework for contextualising EMI: 4 levels of policy making	3:55
Professor Diane Pecorari, City University, Hong Kong	The outcomes of EMI: A case study	50:30
Professor Andy Kirkpatrick, Professor Diane Pecorari and Professor Kingsley Bolton, University of Stockholm	Best practice when transitioning to EMI	1:47:00

Day 2

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Speaker	Presentation title	Recording time
Dr Yulia Kharchenko	Pedagogical translanguaging	6:28
Dr Russell Cross, Melbourne University, Australia	Using EMI in the classroom: Top tips for delivering through EMI	43:06
Cara Dinneen	Taking action: Upskilling in EMI	1:26:00