6th EMI webinar – Qualitative insights into EMI students’ experiences: Affective factors and classroom interaction in a foreign language

The webinar will take place online on Thursday 15 May 2025, from 12:00 to 13:00 (CEST). It will be delivered by Dr Marta Kopinska, Assistant Professor in English and applied linguistics at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

This is the sixth event in English-Medium Instruction (EMI) seminar series for 2024-25 run by Maynooth University and titled “Qualitative insights into EMI students’ experiences: Affective factors and classroom interaction in a foreign language”.

The webinar will explore affective factors such as motivation and anxiety that might influence classroom interaction in EMI. Drawing on her own and her colleagues’ recent qualitative research, Dr Marta Kopinska will explore factors that lie behind EMI students’ (de)motivation to interact in class, as well as EMI-related anxiety. She will also discuss some qualitative methods that were used to investigate these factors in the EMI setting and trace them over time.

About the speaker

Dr Marta Kopinska specialises in English for Specific Purpose courses for undergraduate students who are studying engineering or business management and administration. Her recent work combines qualitative and quantitative methodologies and focuses on affective factors in English-medium instruction in Spanish higher education institutions. Marta is also a member of the Language and Speech research group, a multidisciplinary research group that investigates a variety of factors involved in language acquisition in multilingual settings.

Participation in the webinar is free, but registration is required.