The International Week as motivation of EMI courses and international mobility actions

Abstract

This study focuses on the celebration of an International Week that took place during the first week of April. International Week, implemented for students of the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, was conducted entirely in English. This annual event brings together university lecturers from different countries with the aim of globalizing and sharing teaching experiences with other colleagues and students of the Faculty. This pioneering research aims to analyze the perception of the International Week by its participants (both students and professors). Moreover, the following research endeavors to examine whether this event could be considered as a motivator for the inclusion of students in Bachelor courses taught in English and/or if it calls for an increasing number of students to engage in international mobility. Results indicate that the main motivation of lecturers for teaching in English is the international visibility of their work and that a relationship exists between attending courses using EMI and international mobility.