The Challenges and Strategies In Implementing English Medium Instruction (EMI): International Bilingual Senior High School Teachers’ Experiences

The implementation of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) at school in non English speaking in countries such as in Indonesia is growing but challenging. This study is to find out the challenges teachers deal with in teaching by implementing EMI and the strategies used to deal with these challenges. This study used a qualitative approach by conducting semi-structured interviews at 10 senior high school teachers in regarding the implementation of international programs in Banda Aceh. The findings show that the challenges teachers face in implementing EMI are teachers' English competence, teachers' educational background, and students' school entrence. They deal with the challenges by applying code-switching to support students in the teaching and learning process, using learning video media, and developing technical terms to help students in understanding new vocabularies. Hence, this study has provided insights into with challenges and strategies the English teacher use implaying EMI at senior high school in Aceh, Indonesia.