Dear all,

Lancaster University warmly invites you to join us for the launch of the EMI Corpus, a unique new resource for researchers and practitioners interested in English as a Medium of Instruction.

The event will take place on Wednesday 17 June, starting at 10.30am (UK time).

For registration and further details, please see below.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Best wishes,

Vaclav

EMI Corpus Launch

Date/time: Wednesday, 17 June, 10.30-13.00 (UK time) Cost: Free Online registration: https://tinyurl.com/3bntvhya

We are excited to announce that the EMI Corpus of Student Academic Writing will be launched on 17 June 2026. Join us for the launch to hear more about how the corpus was constructed, what data it contains, and how to access it.

EMI (English Medium Instruction) is a global pedagogical trend, with thousands of students studying for their degrees through the medium of English. The EMI Corpus captures disciplinary writing in this educational context from a number of countries and institutions. Currently, the EMI Corpus contains more than 6 million words from over 2,000 pieces of student academic writing in English from eight universities in Austria, China, Italy, Thailand and the UK (including data from Lancaster University student writing). The corpus represents writing from three major disciplinary areas: Arts, Humanities and Social Science, Business and Management, and Science and Technology.

The project was funded by the British Council's Future of English project, and supported by the Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS) and Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. You can read more about the corpus and the project here: https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/emi-corpus-project/emi-corpus/

Event Programme (UK time) 10.30-11.00 Welcome and Introduction to the Future of English project 11.00-11.45 Building a Corpus of Student Academic Writing: Lessons from the EMI Corpus 11.45-12.00 Break 12.00-12.50 EMI Corpus: Description, Applications and Access 12.50-13.00 Closing remarks