Peeling Back the Layers: Uncovering Stakeholders' Interpretations of EMI from National Policy to Personal Perspectives in Two Kazakhstani Universities

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Abstract

This paper examines how various policy actors interpret English Medium Instruction (EMI) in two universities in Kazakhstan. Focusing on stakeholders' interpretations of EMI policy, it analyzes EMI as understood at the national, institutional, and individual levels. The study draws on state and institutional documents, interviews, and focus group discussions, using a multilayered framework to reveal how internationalization ambitions, responses to trilingual policies, and contextual factors shape these interpretations.

Author

• Akmaral Karabay, Nazarbayev U (Kazakhstan)