Robert Aspinall
Doshisha University
Robert W. Aspinall is a Professor in the Center for Global Education at Doshisha University, Kyoto. He was a secondary school teacher in England before coming to Japan on the JET programme. After completing a D.Phil. doctoral degree at St Antony’s College, Oxford he worked at Nagoya University and then Shiga University. A specialist in the politics of education, his most recent book is International Education Policy in Japan in an Age of Globalisation and Risk (Global Oriental, 2013).
Sessions
Establishing EMI Programs in Japanese Universities
This presentation discusses the creation of new English as a medium of instruction (EMI) programs in Japan’s universities. Challenges arise from different levels of student language ability. One approach is to create different levels of EMI class, set according to English language ability. Another is to introduce a student assistant (SA) scheme in which English-speaking students are assigned to help other students. Team teaching with content and language teachers is another method to be discussed.