20.500.12556/DKUM-94887 University teachers’ attitudes towards ESP and EMI in Croatian higher education implications for internationalisation and curriculum development Following the Bologna Process (2001) and Croatia’s accession to the European Union (2013), English has assumed a more prominent role in Croatian higher education (HE). While Croatian remains the dominant language of instruction, universities are increasingly expected to internationalise their programmes through English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English-Medium Instruction (EMI) courses. This study analyses the attitudes of content-area (non-language) university teachers at the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Croatia, towards the use of English in their teaching, focusing particularly on ESP and EMI. The aim is to examine how these attitudes contribute to the internationalisation of HE and support students’ academic and professional development through discipline-specific English instruction. The results obtained from the data collected using an online questionnaire indicate strong support for ESP course integration, with most teachers recognising its value in enhancing students’ employability and domain-specific language proficiency. While EMI was not addressed directly, several items suggest teachers are aware of EMI-related demands and express positive attitudes towards its benefits. Notably, teachers with Erasmus experience showed greater confidence in English and more openness to EMI. These findings highlight the need to expand ESP offerings, strengthen EMI-related training, and develop institutional language policies aligned with internationalisation goals. English for specific purposes Croatia higher education university teachers sports science učenje in poučevanje tujih jezikov angleščina za posebne namene Hrvaška univerzitetno izobraževanje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-08-29 03:31:58 2025-09-02 13:02:55 2025-09-03 03:20:54 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 399-418 št.. 2 Letn. 13 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2024-04-18 2025-05-09 0000-00-00 37.091.3:811.111:378.014(497.5) 243570435 10.18485/esptoday.2025.13.2.7 2334-9050 RAZ_Penjak_Ana_2025.pdf RAZ_Penjak_Ana_2025.pdf 1 8C15E6D3531F976DB69D58E73EA1CA36 1df741c64aa2dcb66842c9a2efaa957c4ac2f1eb3f52ac2de7ef3b918d59be5b 7cf4b62d-87ec-11f0-96a7-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=197318 https://doi.org/10.18485/esptoday.2025.13.2.7 0 8a72029c-87ec-11f0-96a7-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=197319 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0