EMI Faculty Professional Development : EQUiiPing the Trainers
Kling, Joyce LU
and Lauridsen, Karen
(2026)
- Abstract
- The internationalization of higher education has led to an increased
demand for English-medium instruction (EMI) in globally diverse classrooms.
Faculty at higher education institutions (HEIs) in both English-dominant and
English-non-dominant contexts often struggle with this requirement due to insufficient institutional support. While applied linguists have extensively researched language proficiency for teaching and learning, the development of
faculty competencies in multilingual, multicultural classrooms extends beyond
language alone. Faculty developers at HEIs, who may specialize in areas such as
curriculum design, intercultural communication, and teaching through English,
often lack comprehensive training... (More) - The internationalization of higher education has led to an increased
demand for English-medium instruction (EMI) in globally diverse classrooms.
Faculty at higher education institutions (HEIs) in both English-dominant and
English-non-dominant contexts often struggle with this requirement due to insufficient institutional support. While applied linguists have extensively researched language proficiency for teaching and learning, the development of
faculty competencies in multilingual, multicultural classrooms extends beyond
language alone. Faculty developers at HEIs, who may specialize in areas such as
curriculum design, intercultural communication, and teaching through English,
often lack comprehensive training to support faculty in creating internationalized curricula for diverse student cohorts. To address this challenge, the transnational European project, Educational Quality at Universities for inclusive international Programmes (EQUiiP), was established. EQUiiP provides modular training for faculty developers, focusing on five key areas: the international classroom, internationalizing course design, intercultural group dynamics, the role of language, and feedback and reflective processes. The program includes an intensive four-day seminar followed by practical application and reflection, enabling faculty developers to effectively train EMI instructional faculty.
This chapter explores the implementation of EQUiiP, offering empirical examples and discussing the pros and cons of various faculty development approaches. It emphasizes the importance of assessing professional development outcomes and provides a concrete example of such assessment. (Less)
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- Kling, Joyce
LU
and Lauridsen, Karen
- organization
- publishing date
- 2026-06
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- in press
- subject
- host publication
- Innovations in EMI Faculty Professional Development : Connecting Program Design, Implementation, and Impact
- editor
- Doran, Meredith and Rieker, Jacob
- pages
- 30 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- language
- English
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abstract = {{The internationalization of higher education has led to an increased<br/>demand for English-medium instruction (EMI) in globally diverse classrooms.<br/>Faculty at higher education institutions (HEIs) in both English-dominant and<br/>English-non-dominant contexts often struggle with this requirement due to insufficient institutional support. While applied linguists have extensively researched language proficiency for teaching and learning, the development of<br/>faculty competencies in multilingual, multicultural classrooms extends beyond<br/>language alone. Faculty developers at HEIs, who may specialize in areas such as<br/>curriculum design, intercultural communication, and teaching through English,<br/>often lack comprehensive training to support faculty in creating internationalized curricula for diverse student cohorts. To address this challenge, the transnational European project, Educational Quality at Universities for inclusive international Programmes (EQUiiP), was established. EQUiiP provides modular training for faculty developers, focusing on five key areas: the international classroom, internationalizing course design, intercultural group dynamics, the role of language, and feedback and reflective processes. The program includes an intensive four-day seminar followed by practical application and reflection, enabling faculty developers to effectively train EMI instructional faculty. <br/>This chapter explores the implementation of EQUiiP, offering empirical examples and discussing the pros and cons of various faculty development approaches. It emphasizes the importance of assessing professional development outcomes and provides a concrete example of such assessment.}},
author = {{Kling, Joyce and Lauridsen, Karen}},
booktitle = {{Innovations in EMI Faculty Professional Development : Connecting Program Design, Implementation, and Impact}},
editor = {{Doran, Meredith and Rieker, Jacob}},
language = {{eng}},
publisher = {{Springer}},
title = {{EMI Faculty Professional Development : EQUiiPing the Trainers}},
year = {{2026}},
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