Sam Junwei Liao

Biographic Data

ID6742883
NAMESam Junwei Liao
GIVEN NAMESSam Junwei
FAMILY NAMELiao
SIGNATURELIAO S J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Auckland
ORCID0000-0002-2710-7890
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • English-medium instruction (EMI) language policy and implementation in China’s higher education system

    Open AccessSam Junwei Liao, Long Jiang Zhang et al.ARTICLECurrent Issues in Language Planning2026

    This review explores the English-medium instruction (EMI) language policy and implementation in China’s higher education (HE) system over the last two decades. It traces the rise, promotion, and "turn" of the EMI system. It points out the limitations in EMI language policies and implementation in China's conventional universities. Drawing on a research framework informed primarily by Spolsky (Citation2004) and Liddicoat and Taylor-Leech (Citation…

  • A systematic review of teachers’ translanguaging pedagogies in East Asian tertiary EMI contexts

    Open AccessTimothy J E Neufeld, Sam Junwei Liao et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025References: 14

    This systematic review examines translanguaging pedagogy in East Asian higher education (2013–2024) through the lens of translanguaging stance, design, and shifts. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines are used for transparency, followed by a strategic extraction and coding system to explore emergent themes. A total of 23 studies on translanguaging pedagogy in East Asian English-medium-instruction setti…