Multimodal and Digital Practices in English Medium Instruction in Higher Education

This timely volume examines three pivotal elements shaping contemporary higher education: English-medium instruction (EMI), digital genres, and multimodality.

Adopting an international perspective, the book brings together contributions from scholars across Europe and Asia to examine the digitalisation of higher education environments through theoretical and methodological approaches to multimodality, including systemic functional multimodal discourse analysis, multimodal (inter)actional analysis, multimodal conversation analysis, and multimodal genre analysis. This will provide a comprehensive understanding of how different communicative modes (e.g., written and spoken language, gestures, material and digital resources) orchestrate to construct meaning in class. In this way, the book offers educators a deeper understanding of teaching and learning experiences using digital genres. This approach not only refines teaching practices but also strengthens EMI students’ digital literacy, equipping them for effective communication in the modern, interconnected world.

The volume will appeal to researchers and students at all levels, particularly those with an interest in EMI, digital learning, and multimodality. It also caters to practitioners, especially EMI educators seeking to enhance their teaching through the integration of digital genres and multimodal approaches.