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Emerging Assessment Needs and Solutions in EMI in Higher Education
Edited by Slobodanka Dimova and Joyce Kling
[Journal of English-Medium Instruction 1:2] 2022
► pp. 137–152
Introduction

Emerging assessment needs and solutions in EMI in higher education

ORCID logo | University of Copenhagen
ORCID logo | Lund University
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Assessing EMI students
    • Assessing students for EMI study program admissions
    • Diagnostic and placement assessment of EMI students
    • EMI classroom-based assessment: Assessment for learning and content course exams
  • Assessing EMI lecturers
    • EMI lecturer assessment as a policy tool
    • EMI lecturer assessment: Interplay between language and pedagogy
  • The articles in this special issue
  • References
Published online: 25 August 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jemi.00002.edi
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