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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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English as a Medium of Instruction in the Gulf: When Students and Teachers Speak
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Belhiah, Hassan; Elhami, Maha – Language Policy, 2015
This study explores the effectiveness of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, with special focus on the situation in the United Arab Emirates. The study, undertaken at six universities located in major cities of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Al Ain, Sharjah, Ajman, and Ras Al Khaimah, examines students' and teachers'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Semitic Languages
English-Medium Instruction at a Chinese University: Rhetoric and Reality
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Hu, Guangwei; Li, Linna; Lei, Jun – Language Policy, 2014
This article reports a case study of an undergraduate English-medium program at a major university in mainland China. The study critically examines the language ideology, language management, and language practices revolving around the focal program. The data sources included national and institutional policy documents related to English-medium…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Undergraduate Study, Universities
Publish (in International Indexed Journals) or Perish: Neoliberal Ideology in a Korean University
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Lee, Hikyoung; Lee, Kathy – Language Policy, 2013
Since the 1990s, universities in South Korea have participated in an aggressive movement to globalize their institutions through the medium of English by hiring English-proficient faculty. To attain tenure, faculty must publish in international indexed journals (IIJs), which results in a de facto language policy of publishing in English because…
Descriptors: Publish or Perish Issue, Language Planning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
From "Import" to "Import-Export" Oriented Internationalization: The Impact of National Policy on Scholarly Publication in China
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Feng, Haiying; Beckett, Gulbahar H.; Huang, Dawang – Language Policy, 2013
This article examines the evolution of national research policy in China over the past three decades and its recent shift in emphasis from "import" to "import-export" oriented internationalization. Based on a policy review and interviews with three groups of academics--six journal editors in the humanities and social sciences,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, College Faculty, Faculty Publishing
Publishing Strategies of Young, Highly Mobile Academics: The Question of Language in the European Context
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Anderson, Laurie – Language Policy, 2013
This paper examines links between publishing strategies and the academic mobility of multilingual entry-level scholars in the European context against the backdrop of European Union (EU) policies and research on academic labor market characteristics, skilled migration and scholarly publishing. An analysis of language of publication, patterns of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Mobility, Faculty Publishing, Correlation
The Role of Policy in Constructing the Peripheral Scientist in the Era of Globalization
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Englander, Karen; Uzuner-Smith, Sedef – Language Policy, 2013
This study explores how the logic and values of globalization are manifested in international discourses of higher education in relation to scientific knowledge production and how those values are appropriated in national and institutional policies. This study also explores how this confluence of discourses and policies construct scientists in two…
Descriptors: Role, Educational Policy, Global Approach, International Education
English Educational Policies of the U.S. Army Military Government in Korea from 1945 to 1948 and Their Effects on the Development of English Language Teaching in Korea
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Kim, Eun Gyong – Language Policy, 2011
This study examines the English language teaching (ELT) policies and measures taken under the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) from 1945 to 1948, in an attempt to illuminate their implications on the current ELT in Korea. The study analyzes data derived from documents of the Korean and the U.S. governments, literature on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Planning