Category: Courses
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English language skills for EMI lecturers: Inside our new online course
Senior Trainer Simon Dunton outlines how the Oxford EMI English Language Skills for EMI Lecturers course came about and what its aims are. February 2026 saw the launch of The Oxford EMI Language Skills for EMI Lecturers course. In this post, Senior Trainer Simon Dunton outlines how this online course came about, what its aims…
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Call for applications: Oxford EMI fully-funded scholarships
Please note – Applications for this scholarship are now closed. In line with our commitment to the principles of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – particularly SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) – and our goal to advance research-based, effective English Medium Instruction (EMI) teaching practices globally, Oxford EMI…
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Award winning EMI pedagogy in Japan
In this post, we highlight the award-winning achievement of Oxford EMI course participant Professor Takashi Nozu of Waseda University, Japan. In the world of English Medium Instruction (EMI), we naturally focus on how to transition from teaching in a first language (L1) to teaching in English. However, one of the markers of a successful pedagogical…
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Group work in EMI classes
In this post, we explore why group work is a powerful tool for learning on English Taught Programmes, including EMI and TNE contexts. In any EMI class, students will be working towards the dual aims of learning the subject content of the class (e.g. biology, engineering, law, literature) and developing their English language skills. This…
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EMI teacher development in Japan: Oxford EMI at Waseda University
In this post, we take a look at some of the highlights from our EMI training course at Waseda University, Tokyo earlier this summer. The Oxford EMI team were honoured to be invited back for a third year in a row to deliver a face-to-face training courseat Waseda university in September. This brought together up-to-date research on EMI…
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Sustainability in EMI: Meeting the SDGs through education
Yvette from Oxford EMI highlights the importance of sustainability to universities. On the ten-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Oxford EMI’s Yvette reflects on how prospective students view sustainable universities, how universities contribute to and are assessed on the SDGs, and how our teacher training programmes help universities…