English as a Medium of Instruction: Findings from a Systematic Review of Literature
English as a medium of instruction (EMI) has given birth to researches because of its perceived significance in the international arena. This systematic review of literature accessed multiple databases to locate every study on EMI. A repertory grid was utilized to plot the responses to the posted research questions. Different areas of concern emerged from the grid: culture condition, content absorption, education transition and parent facilitation. From these themes, the systematic review revealed the need to study or document the impact of EMI on culture of students and on content learning, EMI transition in educational levels and parent’s participation in the EMI implementation are seen to be gaps of the reviewed studies. With these discoveries, it is still believed that there is still a wide area on EMI that needs to be studied.