1. Senior Partner – Accent International
The Full English
Mark Waistell
Senior Partner – Accent International

2. Why are we here?
Why are we here?

3. Wise words
“You cannot teach a language, only create the conditions under which it might be learned. “ Von Humboldt 1898

4. CBI
CLIL
EMI
EFL
ESP
EAP
Confused?

5. What are you talking about?
EMI
English as the Medium of Instruction
The use of the English Language to teach academic subjects in countries where the first language (L1) is not English.

6. Different Emphasis EMI CLIL EFL
Primary……Secondary….Undergraduate…..Postgraduate

7. Why English?
Why English?

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9. GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU
How do you spell ?
GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU
If GH stands for P as in Hiccough  If OUGH stands for O as in Dough  If PHTH stands for T as in Phthisis  If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbour  If TTE stands for T as in Gazette  If EAU stands for O as in Plateau

10. English is a crazy language!
There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple . English muffins were not invented in England or french fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. Why is it that writers write, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese? Is cheese the plural of choose? If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

11. A Global Language 700 million speak English as first language
400 million speak English as second language
25% of the world speak English
85% of international institutions use English
In approximately 2 billion minutes of international telephone conversation, 1.98 billion are in English

12. What is a Global Language?
“English is like bread – you need it to get anywhere. English opens up doors.”
(Gonzalo Peralta)

13. The use of English today

14. World Wealth
2050 (Estimated)
1990

16. What is happening around the world? Sa
“EMI - A Growing Global Phenomenon” A British Council Report by Julie Dearden

17. In other countries
Malaysia: multicultural society makes it a natural environment for producing multilingual students. Japan: “resolutely” proceeding with internationalisation and making university environments which compete with the best in the world. Providing opportunities for all students with desire and capability to study abroad. Enhancing primary and secondary education to respond to globalisation but continuing to cultivate identity as a Japanese and spreading Japanese culture to the world (though English). France Enabling mobility of students and workforce. Cyprus Using EMI to attract foreign students to Cyprus.

18. Kazakhstan physically and spiritually developed
“The formation of an intellectually,
physically and spiritually developed
citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan in general education institutions,
satisfying his/her needs in order to ensure success in a rapidly changing world.”
State Education Programme of Education Development

19. English Proficiency Index
01 Sweden 02 Netherlands 03 Denmark 04 Norway 05 Finland 06 Slovenia 07 Estonia 08 Luxembourg 09 Poland 10 Austria 11 Germany 12 Singapore 13 Portugal 14 Malaysia 15 Argentina 16 Romania 17 Belgium 18 Czech Republic 19 Switzerland 20 India
21 Hungary
22 Latvia
23 Spain
24 Dominican Republic
25 Slovakia
26 Lithuania
27 South Korea
28 Italy
29 Vietnam
30 Japan
31 Taiwan
32 Indonesia
33 Hong Kong
34 Ukraine
35 Peru
36 Chile
37 France
38 Ecuador
39 Russia
40 Mexico .
41 Brazil
42 U.A.E.
43 Costa Rica
44 Uruguay
45 Pakistan
46 Guatemala
47 China
48 Panama
49 Sri Lanka
50 Turkey
51 Yemen
52 Morocco
53 Jordan
54 Kazakhstan
55 Egypt
56 Iran
57 Colombia
58 Oman
59 Venezuela
60 Azerbaijan
61 El Salvador
62 Thailand
63 Qatar
64 Mongolia
65 Kuwait
66 Iraq
67 Algeria
68 Saudi Arabia
69 Cambodia
70 Libya

20. Education in Kazakhstan
- Bilingual Population (at least) but Trilingual Policy
15% of adult population should speak Kazakh, English and Russian by 2020
20% of all teachers at all levels should use
English as a Medium of Instruction by
2020

21. Disadvantages?

22. From the Teachers’ Perspective
Resources
Support from on high
Support from colleagues
Older teachers

23. From the public perspective
Lack of national identity
Teachers don’t speak English well enough
Students find it too demanding and cannot fully comprehend the subject.
51% think EMI is controversial
38% are in favour

24. Advantages?

25. CLIL fires up the brain and provides meaningful interaction.
EMI, quite simply, opens up all worlds in all directions
Both create a non-threatening and conducive English-speaking environment helping students to overcome psychological barriers to speaking another language.

26. Concerns?

27. Questions…and a few answers
Lack of EMI/CLIL teachers?
Lack of resources?
Lack of clear guidelines?
English only or a mixture of L1 & L2?
Which subjects should be taught with/through English?
Which age to begin?
Should there be a threshold level of English for all teachers?
Is the role of the teacher changing?
83% believe not enough suitably skilled
60% believe no guidelines (K said Yes)
71% believe no guidelines (incl K)
From Maths 2. English…..4 Science…..5 Engineering
From age 5
B2 at university level

28. Around the World Hungary Finland Hong Kong
Inadequate number of lessons.
- Schools must employ at least one native English speaker
Finland
See the move to EMI as a way to reduce TTT from 67%
Hong Kong
- EMI helps with English but not academic progress

29. For the students?

30. What do students feel?
“ Speaking Italian to our countrymen is like watching a movie in colour, high definition, very clear pictures. Speaking English, even with our best effort, is like watching a movie in black and white with very poor definition, with blurred pictures.”
Politecnico di Milano
“Hebrew is the language of the Jewish people but if you write your thesis in Hebrew….it is buried.”
Ben Gurion University

31. For the Teacher?

32. Kazakh Teachers
Idealistic “A way to inspire communication” “A way to exchange ideas” “Intercultural communication” “The key to success” “Opening doors for Kazakh students” Even “a way of facilitating world peace”!

33. What University Teachers want
- To be able to help students to access academic literature in English
To be able to help students participate in international conferences or in their professions
To attract intelligent people to their own university

34. What School Teachers say they need
More English teaching to raise their own level
Teacher training to help with various methodologies, techniques and humanistic approaches.
Materials and Resources
Support

35. Kazakhstan Teacher-training
Atyrau region
Cultural difficulties
Financial difficulties
Technological difficulties
Language difficulties
The gap between policy and practice is
H – U- G- E

41. The aspects of EMI
The Language
Teaching Methods

42. Language of Mathematics
- “Ordinary” language
- “Mathematics-specific” language
- Symbolic language
- Visual representation
- Unspoken but shared assumptions
Quasi-mathematical language
“Meta-language” of the classroom
Cultural Paralinguistics

43. The aspects of EMI
The Language
Teaching Methods
The Subject Content

44. On balance?

45. Change your teaching From To Lecturing Facilitating
Teacher-fronted Learner-centred
Instructor Coach
Leading Participating
Talking Encouraging others
Giving homework after Giving preparation before
Remembering Language is a tool
Remembering Language is not about words..
It’s about communication.

46. Loneliest Animal on Earth
The Loneliest Animal on the Planet

47. Senior Partner – Accent International
The Full English
Mark Waistell
Senior Partner – Accent International