Researching English Medium Instruction

Samantha M. Curle is a Reader in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, and the Director of the MRes Programme in Advanced Quantitative Research Methods. Her main research interest lies in factors affecting academic achievement in EMI. She has published four edited books on EMI (with Pun, 2021, 2022). Jack Pun is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the City University of Hong Kong. His research interests lie in EMI and health communication. Notable publications include Teaching and Learning in English Medium Instruction (with Richards, 2022) and Research Methods in English Medium Instruction (with Curle, 2022).

'All those interested in carrying out quantitative research in EMI settings should pay careful attention to this book, as it will turn out to be most inspiring and practical. Why? Because the contributors have successfully managed to lay the ground for cogent research designs by neatly putting forth how different types of quantitative research tools can be effectively implemented and how potential challenges can be overcome.' David Lasagabaster, Full Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU

• An introduction to researching English medium instruction using quantitative research methods Samantha Curle and Jack Pun; Part I. Theoretical Chapters: 1. Mathematics and Science learning in primary and secondary school EMI classrooms: evidence from PISA and TIMSS Sibel Kaya; 2. Investigating differences between groups: using anova in EMI research Gene Thompson and Victoria Kim; 3. The use of Likert-type scales in survey research examining students' attitudes and challenges in English-Medium Instruction (EMI) in Hong Kong Christopher Shepard; 4. Using systematic review to explore teaching and learning issues in the context of English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Jack Pun and Kason Ka Ching Cheung; Part II. Empirical Chapters (Case Studies): 5. The application of PLS- Structural Equation Modelling in studies of English-medium instruction: an empirical demonstration and application prospect Chia-Wei Tang, Yu-Hui Chang, Dale Albanese* and Hsueh-Hua Chuang; 6. Factor analysis in writing research: investigating grammatical complexity in science writing from EMI students in a Hong Kong university Ge Lan and Xiaorui Li; 7. Analyzing questionnaire data through many-facet rasch measurement: a pilot study of students' attitude towards EMI in Chinese higher education context Jie Gao; 8. Questionnaire development and analysis in EMI research: a study of EMI learner motivation and attitudes Xuyan Qiu, Rui Yuan and Tiefu Zhang; 9. Effects of EMI on learners' linguistic development: a corpus-based analysis Peng Bi and Yujun Liu; 10. Path analysis of science learning in EMI secondary schools Xina Jin and Jack Pun; 11. Conducting EMI research using survey method: the case of measuring effectiveness of collaborative writing activities on online student engagement Qianwen Joyce Yu; 12. The use of manova in analysing the effects of gender on perceived difficulties in speaking and writing in a Hong Kong English-Medium Instruction (EMI) university Kason Ka Ching Cheung, Jack Pun and Yu Hao; 13. Using a longitudinal quantitative design to investigate student transition from secondary school to EMI higher education Sihan Zhou; 14. Multidimensional analysis of EMI university classroom discourse: the case of Singapore Eniko Csomay, Reka R Jablonkai and Siew Mei Wu.