The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World

Prof. Dr Carol Griffiths has been a teacher, manager, and teacher trainer ofELT for many years. She has taught in many places around the world, includingNew Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, China, North Korea, Turkey, and UK. She iscurrently working as a professor for Girne American University in North Cyprus, asa research fellow for the University of Leeds (UK), and also as research professorat Auckland Institute of Studies in New Zealand. She has presented at numerousconferences and published widely, including her books Lessons from GoodLanguage Learners, The Keys to Highly Effective English Learning, DevelopingTeacher Autonomy through Action Research, The Strategy Factor in SuccessfulLanguage Learning, Lessons from Good Language Teachers and IndividualDifferences in Successful Language Learning. Language learning strategies,individual differences, teacher educationand support, English as a medium ofinstruction, English as a lingua franca, action research, and using literature to teachlanguage are her major areas of research interest.Specifically in the area of EMI, her teaching experience has always been inEnglish, so she is well aware of the problems faced by non-native English speakingstudents. In addition, she had an article published in ELT Journal on the subjectwith co-author Adem Soruc:



1. Soruç, A. & Griffiths, C. (2018). English as a medium of instruction: students’strategies. ELTJ, 72/1, 38-48. (SSCI).