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SUMMARY:A plea for critical reflection on English medium instruction resea
 rch - Professor Jim McKinley (University College London\, IOE)
DTSTART:20231016T040000Z
DTEND:20231016T053000Z
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CONTACT:Dr. Phung Dao
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I raise two key issues concerning research in t
 he rapidly expanding field ofEnglish medium instruction (EMI). The first i
 s the need for more critical reflection onresearching multilingually in EM
 I\, as multilingual research approaches are crucial tocarrying out effecti
 ve and ethically responsible research. Reflecting on my own EMIresearch al
 ong with a group of fellow EMI researchers (see McKinley et al.\, 2023)\, 
 I willshow how multilingual approaches can be utilised throughout the rese
 arch process\, fromteam formation\, research design\, data collection\, da
 ta analysis\, and presentation offindings in research reports. The second 
 is the need for more critical reflection on basingEMI research on systemat
 ic reviews\, such as the oft cited one by Macaro et al. (2018)\,and other 
 secondary research. I argue that there is cause for concern in the quickex
 pansion of EMI research that this systematic review may be cited as a sour
 ce ofresearch agenda or methodological advice without explicit criticality
 . I conclude the talkwith suggestions for future EMI research\, particular
 ly that researchers take a holisticview of what EMI research is in terms o
 f methodology (including multilingual aspects)\,researcher identity\, and 
 which questions are important.
LOCATION:5pm-6.30pm\, Monday 16th Oct 2023\, Room: 1S3 DMB\, Faculty of Ed
 ucation\, University of Cambridge
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