Sayaka Sugimoto

Waseda University

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University. Research interests: EMI instructor & student support needs. Mother of a one-year-old adventurous son. Passionate orchid grower.


Sessions

EMI Teachers: Required Competencies & Support Need

College & University Education
Mon, Nov 23, 11:55-12:20 JST

Despite the increasing prevalence of English Medium Instruction (EMI) courses in universities in Japan, little is known about the competencies required to teach these courses successfully. Through semi-structured interviews with university instructors who have taught EMI courses, I examined the difficulties faced by them, competencies they need to have, and professional development and additional support they wish to receive to run EMI courses effectively.