Content and Language Integrated Learning: Evidence from Research in Europe

Zarobe, Yolanda Ruiz de (Editor)/ Catalan, Rosa Maria Jimenez (Editor)

ISBN 10: 184769165X / ISBN 13: 9781847691651

Published by Channel View Books, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Content and Language Integrated Learning: Evidence from Research in Europe
• Publisher: Channel View Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184769165X
• ISBN 13: 9781847691651
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book contributes to the growth of interest in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an approach to second/foreign language learning that requires the use of the target language to learn content. Within the framework of European strategies to promote multilingualism, CLIL has begun to be used extensively in a variety of language learning contexts, and at different educational systems and language programmes. This book brings together critical analyses on theoretical and implementation issues of Content and Language Integrated Learning, and empirical studies on the effectiveness of this type of instruction on learners’ language competence. The basic theoretical assumption behind this book is that through successful use of the language to learn content, learners will develop their language proficiency more effectively while they learn the academic content specified in the curricula.

About the Authors

Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe is Associate Professor in Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country. Her research interests focus on the acquisition of English as a second and third language, multilingualism and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Her work has appeared in books, edited books and international journals.

Rosa María Jiménez Catalán is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of La Rioja. She has a PH.D in English Philology Studies and is the author of articles and books on English second language learning and teaching. Her current research interests include vocabulary acquisition and teaching and the analysis of the effect of gender and type of instruction on vocabulary development in English as a foreign language.