Project number 

Applicant (Coordinator)

Gerard Patrick Cullen – Gerard.Cullen@tu-dresden.de

coordinators

Public Administration Academy of RA (PAARA); Tereza Khechoyan – khechoyantereza@paara.am 

Vanadzor State University (VSU); Gohar Dokholyan – dokholyangohar@mail.ru 

Armenian National Agrarian University (ANAU); Vardan Urutyan – rector@anau.am

Shirak State University (ShSU); Hovik Melkonyan – shsuinternational@shsu.am

Goris State University (GorSU); Tigran Vadunts – tvandunts@gmail.com

National Center for Professional Education Quality Assurance Foundation (ANQA); Ruben Topchyan – ruben.topchyan@anqa.am

Catholic University of Portugal – Portugal

Liverpool John Moores University – UK

countries

Ogarev Mordovia State University

Irkutsk National Research Technical University

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education

Petrozavodsk University

Certification Association Russian Register

Project Summary

EMI (English Medium Instruction) implies using the English language to teach academic MA and PhD in science, math, medicine, engineering, IT etc. in countries where English is not the official language and in which the students’ first language is not English.

Armenian and Russian universities are attempting this at the moment as the description form explains. However, although the teaching of EMI non-language study programs is becoming a global phenomenon outside Anglo-Saxon countries the quality in Armenia and Russia is very uneven with little staff training.
● Evaluate AM & RU practices in teaching academic content in English (EMI teaching) and EMI competence enhancement
● Study best European practices in teaching academic content in English (EMI teaching) and EMI staff competence enhancement
● Create model and professional competencies descriptor of university teacher of academic content in English.
● Conduct efficient Start Off meeting to ensure full implementation of project goals, create management teams and Quality Control Plan.
● Develop and set up the network of EMI Training Centres including development of documentation, intake and training of staff for the Centres. People, knowledge and facilities are connected within the Centres, allowing for the creation of new connections and solutions on a sustainable basis.
● Train PC universities staff in European best practices in both ESP (English Language Audit, ongoing support for weaker participants and soft skills for stronger ones plus ECTS training to bring participants up to CEFR B2 level) and in EMI best practice teaching.
● PC partners develop and pilot (2 times) 9 EMI Staff pedagogical training Modules for trainee teacher students and for staff in Armenia and Russia using ECTS/Tuning Modular framework. 
● Develop EMI Pedagogical (pdf and hardcopy) Handbook for all faculty use.
The overall impact is outputs professionalism and internationalization.

Website: https://smarti-erasmus.eu/