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

Project Title

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

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

EMI (English Medium Instruction) implies using the English language to teach academic MA and PhD in science, maths, medicine, engineering, IT etc in countries where English is not the official language and in which the students’ first language is not English. Armenian and Russian universities are attempting this at the moment as the description form explains. However, although the teaching of EMI non-language study programs is becoming a global phenomenon outside Anglo-Saxon countries the quality in Armenia and Russia is very uneven with little staff training. ● Evaluate RU and ARM practices in teaching academic content in English (EMI teaching) and EMI competence enhancement ● Study best European practices in teaching academic content in English (EMI teaching) and EMI staff competence enhancement● Create model and professional competences descriptor of university teacher of academic content in English.● Conduct efficient Start Off meeting to ensure full implementation of project goals, create management teams and Quality Control Plan.● Develop and set-up the network of EMI Training Centres including development of documentation, intake and training of staff for the Centres. People, knowledge and facilities are connected within the Centres, allowing for the creation of new connections and solutions on a sustainable basis.● Train PC universities staff in European best practices in both ESP (English Language Audit, ongoing support for weaker participants and soft skills for stronger ones plus ECTS training to bring participants up to CEFR B2 level) and in EMI best practice teaching.● PC partners develop and pilot (2 times) 9 EMI Staff pedagogical training Modules (see project descrip.) for trainee teacher students and for staff in Russia and Armenia using ECTS/Tuning Modular framework● Develop EMI Pedagogical (pdf and hardcopy) Handbook for all faculty use.Overall impact are outputs professionalism and internationalization

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 936824 Eur

Project Coordinator

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN & Country: DE

Project Partners

• PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ACADEMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
• VANADZOR STATE UNIVERSITY AFTER H.TUMANYAN FOUNDATION
• ARMENIAN NATIONAL AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY
• M. NALBANDYAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF SHIRAK FOUNDATION
• GORIS STATE UNIVERSITY
• NATIONAL CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE FOUNDATION
• RIGAS TEHNISKA UNIVERSITATE