English as Medium of Instruction in Vietnam Higher Education: Insights from the Perspective of a Language Policy Implementation Framework

Abstract

As the policy implementation of EMI across different education contexts,
including that of Vietnam, has gained increased attention in language
education research, it is vital to adopt a framework that could scaffold
adequate analyses of the current literature. This paper thus attempts to adopt
a policy implementation perspective to critically reflect on EMI policy and
current milieu for its enactment in the context of Vietnam. With that critical
analysis of the research findings and insights across different domains of a
language-in-education framework including access, personnel, curriculum,
teaching methods, materials, resources, community and evaluation, the
paper endeavours to enrich the literature of and add new textures and

dimensions to the framework of Kaplan and Baldauf (2005) as a meta-
analysis tool to provide more insights into the prospect of EMI policy

implementation.