Effects of the Content and Language Integrated Learning approach to EFL teaching
A comparative study
This study investigates the effects of English-medium CLIL on EFL proficiency in three European countries. Seven mainstream grammar schools spread across The Netherlands, Germany, and Italy participated with a total of 263 pupils aged 12 to 16. Several language skills were measured by means of written tests in a pre/post- test design. The first test was held when the experimental classes were all at the start of the CLIL intervention in secondary education; the second test two years later. Each of the three countries participated with two CLIL classes and two mainstream classes as control groups. The results show that CLIL classes had better EFL skills from the start: they outperformed the mainstream groups at both test rounds. However, gain scores varied per country and the apparent head start of CLIL pupils makes it difficult to interpret EFL results.
Keywords: bilingual learning, CLIL effects, CLIL in Europe, EFL innovations, English-medium learning
Published online: 03 September 2013
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.16.2.03gor
https://doi.org/10.1075/wll.16.2.03gor
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