Article published in:
Teaching, Learning and Scaffolding in CLIL Science ClassroomsEdited by Yuen Yi Lo and Angel M.Y. Lin
[Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 7:2] 2019
► pp. 212–232
Teacher language awareness and scaffolded interaction in CLIL science classrooms
Gary James Harfitt | The University of Hong Kong
Teacher language awareness (TLA) constitutes the teacher’s self-reflective knowledge about the operation of
language systems in pedagogical practices. This study focuses on teachers’ understanding of learning of language and learning
through language in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) contexts, exploring how teachers proceduralise their knowledge
of language to facilitate science learning in Hong Kong. By analysing the reflective relationship between TLA and scaffolding
strategies of two teachers (students n = 31; 32) during a set of lessons in a secondary school, this paper
suggests that it is critical to re-orient the TLA focus from teachers to the act of learning and learners’ needs. This expanded
conceptual framework of TLA sheds light on how to transform teachers’ implicit knowledge of language into explicit awareness of
scaffolding in class. The TLA-filtered, scaffolded interactions can therefore promote the use of language not merely for
pedagogical purposes but also as a cognitive learning tool.
Keywords: Teacher language awareness, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), scaffolding strategies, learners’ needs, science classrooms
Published online: 25 September 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/jicb.18023.xu
https://doi.org/10.1075/jicb.18023.xu
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