English as a Medium of Instruction: A Survey on Lecturers’ Attitudes

This study aims to investigate the lecturers’ attitudes towards English as a medium of instruction in UKI Toraja. This research is a quantitative method with a survey design. In order to achieve the aim of this study, the researchers constructed a closed-ended questionnaire, which was distributed as an online survey to the representative lecturers (24 respondents) at the UKI Toraja. The quantitative data from closed-ended questionnaire were analyzed through percentage and frequency. Then, the writer ranked the respondents’ responses based on the level of very positive, somewhat positive, somewhat negative, and very negative. This study confirms that the younger lecturers and lecturers with a higher teaching load in English are more positive towards the increase in English as a medium of instruction. This study is limited on EMI: lecturers’ attitude. Therefore, the next researchers need to elaborate the implementation and the impact of EMI in a higher education.