Content-based Language Learning in Multilingual Educational Environments

✍ Scribed by Maria Juan-Garau, Joana Salazar-Noguera (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 261
• Series: Educational Linguistics 23
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The spread of English as an international language along with the desire to maintain local languages lead us to consider multilingualism as the norm rather than the exception. Consequently, bi/multilingual education has bloomed over the last decades. This volume deals with one such type of education currently in the spotlight as an essentially European strategy to multilingualism, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning), in which curricular content is taught through a foreign language. The book contributes new empirical evidence on its effects on linguistic and attitudinal outcomes focusing on bi/multilingual learners who acquire English as an additional language. Moreover, it presents critical analyses of factors influencing multilingual education, the effects of CLIL on both language and content learning, and the contrast between CLIL and other models of instruction. The research presented suggests that CLIL can greatly enhance language acquisition in multilingual settings.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: The Relevance of CLIL Education in Achieving Multilingualism on the Global Stage....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Different Educational Approaches to Bi- or Multilingualism and Their Effect on Language Attitudes....Pages 13-30
Languages for All in Education: CLIL and ICLHE at the Crossroads of Multilingualism, Mobility and Internationalisation....Pages 31-50
The Effects of Implementing CLIL in Education....Pages 51-68
Influences of Previously Learned Languages on the Learning and Use of Additional Languages....Pages 69-86
Time and Timing in CLIL: A Comparative Approach to Language Gains....Pages 87-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Learning English and Learning Through English: Insights from Secondary Education....Pages 105-121
Testing Progress on Receptive Skills in CLIL and Non-CLIL Contexts....Pages 123-137
Writing Development Under CLIL Provision....Pages 139-161
Does CLIL Enhance Oral Skills? Fluency and Pronunciation Errors by Spanish-Catalan Learners of English....Pages 163-177
Lexico-Grammatical Development in Secondary Education CLIL Learners....Pages 179-195
Exploring Affective Factors in L3 Learning: CLIL vs. Non-CLIL....Pages 197-220
English Learners’ Willingness to Communicate and Achievement in CLIL and Formal Instruction Contexts....Pages 221-236
CLIL in Context: Profiling Language Abilities....Pages 237-255

✦ Subjects

Language Education; Learning & Instruction