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dc.contributor.authorHopkyns, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T14:18:41Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T14:18:41Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61618
dc.description.abstractThis chapter begins by providing an overview of the many educational reforms which have taken place in the United Arab Emirates within its short history as a nation. Pushed forward by neoliberalism and globalisation, such reforms have largely focused on increasing amounts of English-medium instruction at all levels of education. In the United Arab Emirates, not only does English dominate teaching and learning, but its ‘de facto lingua franca’ status in public domains has led to heated debates centred around the effects of ‘Englishisation’ on the Arabic language, as well as its impact on local cultural identities. The chapter discusses the concept of agency with reference to student and teacher roles in English-medium instruction settings. Specifically, the sociolinguistic implications of English-medium instruction for Arabic-speaking university students are explored. It is argued that often structural constraints such as ‘English only’ classroom policies reinforce monolingual ideologies, with English also acting as a gatekeeper to academic success, so that naturally occurring translingual practice is deprecated. Referencing previous research, the chapter will conclude by advocating the need for increased choice and agency surrounding English-medium instruction in order for educational experiences to be empowering rather than subtractive.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Educationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguisticsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CJ Language teaching and learningen_US
dc.subject.otherEMI, bilingual education, translanguaging, multilingualism, academic literacies, Arab Gulf statesen_US
dc.titleChapter 5 English-Medium Instruction in Emirati Higher Educationen_US
dc.title.alternativeThe Importance of Choice and Agencyen_US
dc.typechapter
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003183594-6en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bben_US
oapen.relation.isPartOfBook6f4f68e2-3088-45ca-99b5-df8167de131aen_US
oapen.relation.isFundedBy31f63df8-00d8-42e1-a5e6-55859afdf6a2en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781032024936en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781032024943en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages17en_US


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