Introduction: Qualitative research methods in English-medium instruction for emerging researchers

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book elaborates how multimodal classroom discourse analysis can be applied in the English as Medium of Instruction (EMI) classroom. It examines the use of an epistemic network analysis technique for content analysis to investigate how classroom interaction supports Content and Language Integrated Learning. The book shows how a corpus linguistics methodology can be used to analyse EMI interview data. It focuses on the interactional dynamics of EMI classroom talk. The book discusses the application of multimodal and multichannel analysis to qualitative research in order to explore EMI classroom experiences from a microlevel perspective in Spain. It focuses attention on the use of narrative frames to fully comprehend the language, instructional implementation and professional development requirements of EMI educators. The book discusses the methodological ways to investigate linguistic ideologies in EMI policies, building on the concept of ‘engaged ethnography’.