The Arqus English-Medium Instruction (EMI) Community of Practice launches their first biannual updates
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16 Jul 2025
The English-Medium Instruction CoP aims to broaden awareness of EMI across the Alliance, support colleagues already engaged in EMI, cultivate an active community of researcher-practitioners who explore developments in English as a Medium of Instruction and disseminate research and teaching innovation practices.
This Community of Practice brings together Arqus colleagues with activities including an annual webinar series, the exchange of successful EMI teaching and learning practices, and raising awareness of EMI pedagogy through research, presentations, and now also with their biannual updates.
Click here to view the first issue of the EMI biannual updates.
This new updates explains what the Arqus English-Medium Instruction CoP is and what they do: their goals, the events they have organised in the last months, the staff development activities (such as the EMI webinar series), the English-taught programmes offered in Arqus universities and also a success story (University of Padua’s Language Centre).
The Community of Practice is co-led by Maynooth University educators Yulia Kharchenko and Mark Hennessy:
Yulia Kharchenko is Assistant Professor of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and EMI at Maynooth University, where she teaches on a Master’s of Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies programme and delivers English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses. She is the course director for the newly established MA TESOL and EMI. Her research interests include multilingual teaching approaches, language identity, and intercultural aspects of teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students.
Mark Hennessy is Assistant Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Applied Linguistics at Maynooth University, where he teaches on a Master’s of Applied Linguistics and Intercultural Studies programme in addition to EAP modules and Business English for international students. Mark is also the module coordinator for three ESAP micro-credential modules. His research interests include pedagogy in higher education, EAP assessment and feedback, critical thinking and experiential learning (reflection).
