Towards Critical English Medium Instruction in Post-Soviet Contexts: Perspectives, Practices and Prospects (Routledge Focus on English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education)

This pioneering volume brings together established and emerging scholars to explore English Medium Instruction (EMI) through a critical lens across post-Soviet regions, including Central Asian republics and countries like Azerbaijan, Georgia, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Russia. As English rapidly expands within educational spheres across these nations-driven by globalization, neoliberalism, and Englishization, this volume addresses a significant research gap by moving beyond traditional managerial and administrative approaches to EMI.The contributors examine how EMI intersects with five critical dimensions: ideology, policy, identity, social justice, and the politics of English.Rather than focusing solely on technical aspects like language proficiency and teacher training, the volume interrogates how EMI reshapes linguistic hierarchies, influences teacher and learner identities, and potentially perpetuates linguistic imperialism and Eurocentric paradigms.By situating EMI within local