What is English Medium Instruction?
English Medium Instruction (EMI) is when a school or a university teaches courses or programs in English :
“…. when non-language courses in for instance medicine, physics or political science are taught in English, to students for whom
it is a foreign language….” (Hellekjaer, 2010, p. 11)
‘EMI is the use of the English language to teach academic subjects (other than English itself) in countries or jurisdictions where
the first language (L1) of the majority of the population is not English’ (Dearden & Macaro, 2016, p. 456).
AGU and English Medium Instruction
AGU is an English Medium Instruction (EMI) university. At AGU all faculty programs (except Turkish Language, and Turkish History)
are taught in English.
English Medium Instruction in Turkey
AGU is a new English Medium Instruction (EMI) university. It is part of an important tradition of using English to learn and teach
in Turkey:
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1852 - The first EMI school was opened in Turkey.
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1863 - The oldest EMI school in Turkey, Robert College, was opened.
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1871 - Talas American College was opened only 8 km from AGU.
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1956 - Middle East Technical University was opened.
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1957 - Bosphorus University was opened.
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1984 - Bilkent was the first of many private EMI universities
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2013 - State university AGÜ, emulating the EMI tradition of METU and Bosphorus University, starts teaching in English.
How do students get ready for EMI?
Students are prepared for English Medium Instruction in the AGU Prep. Program (“Prep.” comes from ‘prepare’/ ‘preparation’ / ‘preparatory’.)
