English Language Skills for EMI Lecturers
Length:
4 weeks
90 minute class, once a week.
Format:
4 modules
Online
Start dates:
First Wednesday of every month
Time:
10:00 – 11:30 (GMT)
Participant cost:
£330
Certificate:
Oxford Language Skills Certificate
This course helps you:
- Refine your language
- Perfect your delivery
- Transform your EMI classroom
Who is the course for?
The English Language Skills for EMI Lecturers is an online, tutor-led course designed specifically to meet the needs of lecturers who teach in an EMI or TNE context.
Why have we developed this course?
Having trained thousands of lecturers worldwide, we have gained a deep understanding of the functional language skills that foster interaction, clarity, and student engagement.
This expertise has shaped the design of this four-module course, which concentrates on practical and specific, classroom-ready language and phrases. This supports key teaching moments and helps lecturers feel confident in creating active and engaging learning environments.
How does the course work?
You follow one module a week for four weeks. Each module has a different focus. These are:
Module 1: Delivering a lecture in English
Module 2: Working with questions in English
Module 3: Setting up interactive classes in English
Module 4: Using visuals in English
Each module follows the same structure:
1. Exercises
Before each class, you will complete some short exercises, based on video material. This includes noticing key language in teaching contexts.
2. Live Class
During the 90-minute, interactive, live class, you will work with your expert tutor and group to:
- Notice and explore more useful phrases in authentic video materials.
- Share and reflect on your own use of these functional phrases.
- Practise using the phrases in small groups.
- Get feedback on your use of this language from your tutor.
- Discuss questions with your tutor.
3. Extra Materials/Resources
After each class, you will receive a downloadable document of key functional phrases, ready to use immediately in your EMI classes, and links to other useful resources.
What is the focus of each module?
Details on each of the modules is as follows:
Module 1: Delivering a lecture in English
Aims & Outcomes
You will be better able to:
- Clearly outline the aims of your lecture.
- Signpost when a new topic or section begins.
- Highlight key terminology, including acronyms and initialisms.
Pedagogy Focus
Helping students understand you by focusing on what you say and how you say it.
Module 2: Working with questions in English
Aims & Outcomes
You will be better able to:
- Plan and ask clear questions that require Higher-Order Thinking.
- Skilfully respond to students’ questions and comments.
- Handle questions in online or hybrid settings.
- Delay giving answers to increase student engagement.
Pedagogy Focus
Including space for questions, increasing Think Time, and ensuring all students can hear peer questions and answers.
Module 3: Setting up interactive tasks in English
Aims & Outcomes
You will be better able to:
- Set up interactive tasks with clear instructions.
- Monitor, manage, and encourage in-class group work and discussion.
- Give effective and concise feedback on group work.
Pedagogy Focus
Increasing opportunities for interaction, regularly checking student comprehension, and recognising the value of translanguaging (students using other languages).
Module 4: Using Visuals in English
Aims & Outcomes
You will be better able to:
- Introduce and comment on quotes from slides.
- Refer to visual data (tables, charts, graphs, etc.) accurately.
- Ask for, and respond to, student interpretation of quotes and visual data.
Pedagogy Focus
Using visuals to support understanding, increasing Think Time for visual processing, and encouraging student interpretation of data.
Proficiency recommendation
To participate in this course, it is recommended that lecturers have an intermediate (B1 CEFR) level of English or above.
Certificate Eligibility
To receive the Oxford EMI Language Skills Certificate, you must complete all 4 modules.
