🧭 Course Learning Outcomes

🎯 Course Aims

This course equips lecturers and graduate students with theoretical foundations, pedagogical frameworks, and practical strategies for effective English Medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education. It emphasizes integrating language and content learning, promoting inclusivity, using technology ethically, and developing sustainable EMI practices aligned with global and Vietnamese educational contexts.

🎓 Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

CLO1 – Conceptual Understanding

Explain key concepts, models, and policies related to EMI, including distinctions between EMI, CLIL, and ESP, and analyze their implications for Vietnamese and regional higher education systems.
(Aligned Chapters: 1 & 2)

CLO2 – Policy and Ethics

Evaluate national and institutional EMI policies through an ethical lens, proposing strategies to balance English use, academic equity, and linguistic diversity.
(Aligned Chapters: 2 & 9)

CLO3 – Pedagogical Competence

Demonstrate pedagogical and linguistic competencies required for EMI teaching, including classroom discourse management, code-switching, scaffolding, and intercultural communication.
(Aligned Chapters: 3 & 5)

CLO4 – Student-Centered Design

Analyze student experiences, motivation, and learning challenges in EMI environments, and design inclusive teaching practices that foster engagement and equity.
(Aligned Chapters: 4 & 5)

CLO5 – Instructional Design Skills

Create and adapt EMI course materials that integrate visual, multimodal, and language-supportive elements using OER and localized resources.
(Aligned Chapters: 6)

CLO6 – Assessment Literacy

Develop and apply fair, transparent, and language-sensitive assessment methods and rubrics that evaluate both content mastery and language performance.
(Aligned Chapters: 7)

CLO7 – Technological Integration

Integrate digital and AI-powered tools into EMI course design to enhance learning, feedback, and accessibility while maintaining ethical and pedagogical balance.
(Aligned Chapters: 8)

CLO8 – Research and Innovation

Design interdisciplinary and sustainable EMI research proposals addressing emerging issues in internationalization, digital transformation, and educational equity.
(Aligned Chapters: 9)

📘 Graduate Attributes Developed

By achieving these outcomes, learners will demonstrate:

• Critical thinking in analyzing EMI policies and practices.

• Pedagogical innovation in integrating language and content learning.

• Digital and AI literacy for modern EMI teaching.

• Ethical responsibility and intercultural awareness in global classrooms.

• Research capability in designing data-informed, sustainable EMI initiatives.

🔗 Assessment Alignment Table

🧩 Pedagogical Approach

This course follows a blended, interactive approach integrating:

• Case-based learning and reflection forums

• Project-based EMI design and assessment tasks

• Technology-enhanced lessons using Moodle and AI tools

• Peer collaboration and multilingual participation