THE IMPACT OF USING ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTON IN IRAQI ADVANCED SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

English as a teaching medium for all subjects (EMI) is expanding in Iraq, especially in higher
education, universities and institutes, in addition to the school of distinguished students,
specifically, (Al Karar) Secondary School for Boys and Fatmat Alzahra Secondary School for
Girls in Nasiriyah City, Southern Part of Iraq. We take our sample of the study on this type of
education from these two schools, for they have applied the (EMI) technique. This learning
technique is more preferred and popular for students and parents as well. It is commonly used in
universities only. “Higher education institutions (HEIs) across the globe is today considered the
most significant trend in educational internationalization”(Chapple, 2015). It is not applied in other
secondary schools, this method or technique is applied in those two schools, as an experiment to
show the benefit of the technique for the future studies of the secondary students and to help them
be aware of English terminology before confronting it at the university levels.