Under the label of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) the teaching of curriculum subjects through the medium of a foreign language has become a widely accepted feature in mainstream education systems in Europe and other parts of the world. After contextualizing its subject matter in… read more
This chapter reports on a case study on the effects of CLIL on a teacher’s language use. The data consist of biology lessons by a teacher both in his L1, Finnish, and in English. Analysis focuses both on what the teacher says and how he uses language in the two settings. In line with its… read more
This paper approaches classroom interaction from a pragmatic perspective. More specifically, it concentrates on how pragmatic awareness is reflected in the use of modifying elements of talk by two teachers (both non-native speakers of English), and how their use of modifiers affects the ongoing… read more