English-medium teaching in Korean higher education: Policy debates and reality

Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-449

  Byun, Kiyong ^a   Chu, Huijung ^b   Kim, Minjung ^a   Park, Innwoo ^a   Kim, Suhong ^a   Jung, Juyoung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training   (South Korea)

Author keywords

English medium teaching; Higher education; Korea; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051664017     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9397-4     Document Type: Article

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