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chinese universities placed increasing emphasis incorporating english medium instruction emi courses enhance competitiveness nationally internationally however successful implementation courses requires learners acquire content knowledge promote emi courses specific initiatives policies put place universities reflecting trend globalization higher education growing demand english proficiency academic settings despite attention given education chinese society many learners adequately prepared overcome challenges associated emi classes leads inefficiencies drawbacks within educational system instance learners struggle understanding subject matter due language barriers encounter difficulties fully engaging course materials language related challenges study aims fill significant research gap providing comprehensive exploration main challenges faced learners chinese emi context highlighting crucial contribution emi courses chinas higher education competitiveness internationally identifying factors variables predict success emi contexts particularly studying learners academic languagerelated skills potential predictors emi success study offers novel insights impact emi courses chinas position global academic arena total 361 male female efl learners participated study completed emi challenges scale data analysis including descriptive statistics multiple linear regression revealed writing reading listening skills significantly predicted success emi writing emerged best predictor explaining 2819 variance emi success followed reading 1954 results study contribute current debates international affairs higher education illustrating problems students face emi courses also providing important suggestions improving learning environment emi language china leads ongoing debates globalization higher education need english proficiency academic settings addition results study useful teachers policy makers emphasizes importance improving emi learners writing reading listening skills emi learners enhance success academic settings particular may consider implementing language development programs provide emi learners additional support improve writing reading listening skills study also highlights need appropriate support resources address specific language challenges faced emi students paving way better instructional strategies guidelines chinese emi terms