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SUMMARY:English Medium Education (EME) in Basic and Higher Education: Less
 ons learned from across the globe - Mark Levy\, John Simpson\, Ann Veitch 
 (British Council)
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThe British Council works globally in supporting g
 overnments and institutions to address some of the challenges faced in pro
 viding quality education in bi/multilingual education systems\, or where E
 nglish is an additional language but is the medium of instruction for all 
 or part of the education system (EME). Where EME is viewed as means of gai
 ning fluency in the language\, two distinct activities may be conflated in
  the debate on language of learning and teaching: learning a language (Eng
 lish) and learning in a language (English medium)\, a much more challengin
 g task whose success is dependent on cognitive and academic language profi
 ciency. This session will present our approach and some of our work in thi
 s area in Basic Education (BE) and Higher Education (HE) and across differ
 ent contexts\, specifically Sub-Saharan Africa and Spain. In low and middl
 e income countries\, EME in BE can be characterised as complex\, challengi
 ng and controversial. We will look at the evidence-based approach\, promot
 ing relevant research findings on the relationship between medium of educa
 tion and learning outcomes\, that the British Council adopts when advising
  Ministries of Education on English in BE. In Spain\, multilingual\, bilin
 gual education and CLIL is mainstreamed\, and the latest official figures 
 (18-19) show that 36.8% of primary and 35.3% of secondary schools offer su
 bjects taught in English. The only national Bilingual Education Programme\
 , a collaboration between the Spanish Ministry of Education\, the British 
 Council and 10 regional governments\, is about to celebrate its 25th anniv
 ersary. Pulling on the learning from our own direct involvement\, we will 
 reflect on factors that appear to make the difference between success and 
 failure and on the challenges that still remain. Moreover\, over the past 
 decades\, there has been rapid growth in EME in HE. We will reflect on the
  negative and positive impacts of this growth\, the implications for organ
 isations like the British Council in promoting quality and successful lear
 ning outcomes through EME\, and discuss some of the difficulties in having
  a global approach – as we do with EME in BE in low and middle income co
 untries – to this phenomena. \n\nBio\n\nMark Levy manages the British Co
 uncil's long-term partnership with the Spanish Ministry of Education and r
 egional governments in the national Bilingual Education Programme.\n\nJohn
  Simpson has over 40 years' experience in language and education\, includi
 ng almost 20 years in Africa and 15 years in UK higher education. \n\nAnn 
 Veitch's work over the years has primarily focussed on English Medium in H
 igher Education\, bringing together stakeholders to share insights with th
 e goal of defining best practice. \n
LOCATION:On-line
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