Abstract
The paper explores the university students and their faculty’s perceptions of policy and practice of English as the medium of instruction (EMI) at higher education in Pakistan. It is evidently debated that in language-in-education policy, English as the medium of instruction has been identified as obligatory for university education but qualitative and quantitative data gathered from the two public universities investigate the gap between policy and practice of EMI. The participants’ views are compared to find out the language problems about the uses of EMI for the postgraduate study. The research evidence indicates that the university students from diverse educational, linguistic, economic and social backgrounds do not possess positive sentiments for using English language for curricular, extracurricular and interactive purposes in universities. The university teachers also undergo pedagogical dilemmas emerging from EMI. It is recommended that Pakistani universities should introduce a language proficiency course to facilitate students to overcome their academic problems to use English confidently. The teacher training programmes in Pakistan can also enhance the use of EMI by imparting training to the university faculty
Humaira Irfan. (2017) The Postgraduate Students and the University Teachers’ Perceptions of the Gap Between Policy and Practice of English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) at Higher Education in Pakistan, The ELF Annual Research Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1.
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