Teaching in English as Medium of Instruction as a new educational vector: the case of SMARTI project

Goals of project :
To enhance the qualification of teaching staff teaching in English
To increase the quality of EMI programs
To advance English language knowledge of students enrolled to EMI problems
To enhance intercultural competences and soft skills of both teaching staff and students due to new learning and teaching methods and approaches
https://smarti-erasmus.eu/

EU partners
Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
Riga Technical University (RTU)
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Faculty of Biotecnology (UCP-ESB)
RF partners:
Ogarev Mordovia State University (MRSU) Irkutsk National Research Technical University (INRTU)
Kazan Federal University (KFU)
Petrozavodsk State University (PetrSU)
Irkutsk National Technical University (INRTU)
Armenian partners:
Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia (PAARA)
“Vanadzor State University after H. Toumanyan” VSU
Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU)
Mikayel Nalbandian Shirak State University (SUSh)
Goris State University (GSU)
NON academic partners:
Certification Association “Russian Register” (RR)
National Centre for Professional Education Quality Assurance, Foundation ANQA
Project partners:

STEP 1: PREPARATION
The inventory of the best European EMI teaching methodologies
Development of EMI teaching descriptors
Development of EMI Curriculum Training.

Step 1
Desk and field study of PC practices in EMI teacher enhancement approaches and student-centred methodologies. Inventory of the best European EMI teaching methodologies.
https://smarti-erasmus.eu/dissemination/publications/

EMI MODULES:
Module 1. Communicative Approach (student-centered) and Blended/ICT/E-Learning strategies that are as opposed to the more common traditional teaching approaches used in all faculties.
Module 2. EMI Oral Teaching Skills Part 1 (including range for lectures, seminars, lab sessions)
Module 3. EMI Oral Teaching Skills Part 2 (Case Studies to support analytical thinking approach as specifically recommended by Armenian and Russian Lead partners)
Module 4. EMI Research & Writing Skills (relating to research, thesis writing, supervision, for MA/PhD Cycle. This also involves Information Literacy input.
Module 5. Pre-Module Curriculum Development ECTS and EU Tuning Framework Training
Module 6. EMI Module Curriculum Development and Instructional Design
Module 7. EMI Student Assessment strategies (formal and alternative assessment).
Module 8. EMI QA Module Benchmarking and Validation in EMI environment. This includes a model of digital transformation of EMI implementation in academic sector, with focus on effectiveness assurance based on data analytics.
Module 9: ESP Pathway Program Module. This EMI English for Specific Purposes Training (terminology, soft skills, and key writing skills) package for PCs is based on an English Language Staff Audit.

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]
Geography of the research
* 20 — the minimum number prescribed by the proposal
** The full list: Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Tomsk, Kazan, Irkutsk, Ioshkar-Ola, Makhachkala, Perm, Ekaterinburg, Astrakhan, Novosibirsk, Petrozavodsk, Tula, Nizhniy Novgorod, Vladivostok, Naberezhnie Chelny, Samara

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]
Statistics: categorization

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]
Statistics: general indicators
Experience staff shortage (EMI)
* EMI programs — programs taught in English
** EMI lecturers — lecturers capable of delivering EMI curricula
*** 1-4 staff members per year
Have zero/extremely low*** level of incoming staff mobility
NB: In 17/32 of the respondent HEIs teachers have an opportunity to develop their linguistic and pedagogical competences within a special institutional based training/program

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]
Statistics: general indicators

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]
Statistics: course/program transition into EMI
None of the respondent HEIs agreed that a course or a program in Russian can be transferred into EMI just by means of translating it into English.

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]

Support for Innovative Methodology, Approaches and Tools for Teaching through the Medium of English in order to improve Educational Yield, Sustainability and Internationalization [SMARTI]
Field study: Conclusions