Despite the rapid expansion of English-as-a-medium-of-instruction (EMI) programs in higher education, EMI teacher education is still in its infancy. This viewpoint paper analyses what language specialists can do and become in EMI teacher education in university settings. Specifically, the paper argues that language specialists can take on a new role as EMI teacher educators and contribute to EMI teaching and teacher development in different ways, including: (1) initiating classroom change through awareness raising; (2) integrating content and language in specific disciplines through collaboration; (3) attending to EMI teachers’ social and affective needs; and (4) advocating the professional status of EMI teachers. The paper also proposes a tentative framework on EMI teacher educator identity, which can serve as a frame of reference for language specialists who are interested in embarking on a new professional path as EMI teacher educators.

尽管高等教育中英语作为一种中等授课（EMI）计划的迅速扩展，但EMI老师的教育仍处于起步阶段。该观点论文分析了语言专家在大学环境中可以做哪些事情，并在EMI教师教育中成为什么样子。具体来说，本文认为语言专家可以扮演EMI教师教育者的角色，并以不同的方式为EMI教学和教师发展做出贡献，包括：（1）通过提高意识发起课堂变革；（2）通过协作将内容和语言整合到特定学科中；（3）照顾EMI老师的社交和情感需求；（4）提倡EMI教师的专业地位。本文还提出了关于EMI教师教育者身份的初步框架，