This article has two main aims. First, to describe the general background to English-medium instruction (EMI) with reference to Outer Circle and Expanding Circle societies in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Second, it analyses data from each of the four case studies in the symposium in this issue in order to identify and explain the background to, and varying forms, of EMI in higher education in Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, and South Korea.

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亚洲地区的 EMI（英语教学）

本文有两个主要目的。首先，参考南亚、东南亚和东亚的外圈和扩展圈社会来描述英语教学（EMI）的一般背景。其次，它分析了本期研讨会中四个案例研究的数据，以识别和解释柬埔寨、印度尼西亚、新加坡和韩国高等教育中 EMI 的背景和不同形式。