Article published in:
Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language EducationVol. 8:1 (2020) ► pp. 53–79
Effects of focus on form on primary CLIL students’ foreign language performance in task-based oral interaction
Celia Alfonso Pena | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
In content and language integrated learning (CLIL) programmes, attention to language can be easily overlooked
behind the assumption that language learning will take place incidentally. This study aimed at analysing the effects of a balanced
integration of content and language on fifth graders’ foreign language (FL) oral performance. Two groups of participants had been
doing CLIL in the form of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) subject as of first grade, and yet observations
revealed an important lack of focus on form in these lessons. CLIL materials and lessons that provided enough attention to
language were designed and implemented for three months only in one of the groups. Students were assessed on their FL fluency and
complexity before and after the treatment. Results revealed higher gains in speech rate and number of minimal contributions and a
significantly lower L1 reliance in the case of the treatment group.
Keywords: form-focused instruction, primary students, fluency, complexity
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The balance between content and language in CLIL
- 3.CLIL teachers and the nature of the CLIL subject
- 4.Methods
- 4.1The study
- 4.2Participants
- 4.3Design of the intervention
- 4.4Information-gap tasks
- 4.5Procedure
- 4.6Data analysis
- 5.Results
- 6.Discussion
- 7.Conclusions
- Notes
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Published online: 31 March 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/jicb.17028.alf
https://doi.org/10.1075/jicb.17028.alf
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