A Critical Perspective on the Use of English as a Medium of Instruction at Universities

• Published in: English-Medium Instruction at Universities pp. 196 - 210
• Main Author: Shohamy, Elana
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Channel View Publications 25.10.2012; Multilingual Matters

The use of ‘other’ (foreign, second) languages as medium of instruction has become a widespread phenomenon in the past decade in various educational contexts and settings worldwide. In general the approach applies to situations in which academic content, in a number of subjects (e.g. humanities, sci...