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The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World

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The present chapter provides an overview of issues related to English medium instruction (EMI) in Central and Eastern Europe, with the following countries being included in this region: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine (Pawlak & Papaja, 2023). In the first part, contextual issues are addressed, and selected policies and research findings are briefly overviewed. The second part is devoted to the presentation of a study that explored the perceptions of EMI among university students and teachers in Poland.

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  1. Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland

    Mirosław Pawlak

  2. University of Applied Sciences, Konin, Poland

    Mirosław Pawlak

  3. Institute of Linguistics, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    Katarzyna Papaja

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Pawlak, M., Papaja, K. (2023). EMI in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Griffiths, C. (eds) The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World. Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30613-6_10

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