ERIC Number: EJ1297536
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 16
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Students' Motivation "for" Content and Language Integrated Learning and the Role of Programme Intensity
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v24 n6 p839-854 2021
The study of motivation in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) contexts has hitherto one-sidedly been concerned with motivation to learn the foreign language, without regard for CLIL's eponymous focus on the inextricable connection between language and content. To fill this gap, this article focusses on CLIL learners' motivation not only towards the foreign language, but towards both content and language learning as an integrated construct, termed 'CLIL motivation'. To this end, 157 secondary education students enrolled in two bilingual tracks of differing intensity (High- versus Low-intensity) were compared in terms of their CLIL motivation. The results show that participation in either the High- or Low-intensity track has a significant effect on both enjoyment of CLIL and the perception of its usefulness for future purposes. These differences are further discussed in terms of students' foreign language proficiency and academic achievement.
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Secondary School Students, Grade 7, Preadolescents, Public Schools, Bilingual Education, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Spanish, Track System (Education), Linguistic Input, Language Proficiency, Academic Achievement, Classroom Communication, Anxiety, Correlation, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain (Madrid)
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