August 15, 2025TESOL QuarterlyOpen Access

“Even the Culture Day is in English”: Teachers' CriticalEMIAwareness in Hong Kong

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Qualitative analysis explores teachers' EMI perspectives in Hong Kong, indicating a focus on instrumental English over critical awareness.

MAIN FINDING: Teachers in Hong Kong show limited critical awareness of the ideological aspects of English in EMI.
KEY EVIDENCE: Interviews reveal that most teachers embrace an instrumental view of English without addressing its broader implications.
APPROACH: The study involved interviews with 21 teachers and analysis of Hong Kong Education Bureau policies from 1997 to 2023.
SIGNIFICANCE: Insights into teachers’ perspectives can inform critical teacher education and EMI practices in non-Anglophone contexts.

Seyyed‐Abdolhamid Mirhosseini (2025) studied this question.

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Qualitative analysis explores teachers' EMI perspectives in Hong Kong, indicating a focus on instrumental English over critical awareness.