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Students' and Families' Attitudes and Motivations to Language Learning and CLIL: A Longitudinal Study
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San Isidro, Xabier; Lasagabaster, David – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Over the past few years, research has shown that stakeholders involved in CLIL develop positive views and attitudes alongside with higher motivation towards the foreign language (Czura, A., K. Papaja, and M. Urbaniak. 2009. Bilingual education and the emergence of CLIL in Poland. In "CLIL Practice: Perspectives from the Field," ed. D.…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Longitudinal Studies, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation
The Relevance of Identity in Languages Education
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Evans, Michael; Fisher, Linda – Language Learning Journal, 2022
Ofsted's 2021 Curriculum Research Review outlines a language pedagogy predicated on an exclusively cognitivist approach to language learning, which relies on three 'pillars of progression': phonics, vocabulary and grammar. The review makes a brief acknowledgement of the importance of motivational factors, including 'pupils' positive views of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Digital Plurilingual Pedagogies in Foreign Language Classes: Empowering Language Learners to Speak in the Target Language
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Galante, Angelica; Zeaiter, L. F.; dela Cruz, J. W. N.; Massoud, N.; Lee, L.; Aronson, J.; de Oliveira, D. S. A.; Teodoro-Torres, J. A. – Language Learning Journal, 2023
While studies have shown benefits of plurilingual pedagogies on students' experiences learning languages, more research is needed to examine how these pedagogies can be enacted in foreign language programmes in digital environments. Moreover, prioritising oral engagement has been an urgent need among teachers who use synchronous platforms such as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Native Language, Teacher Attitudes, Multiple Literacies
A Trilingual Teaching Sequence for Oral Presentation Skills in Basque, Spanish and English
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Aldekoa, Ana; Manterola, Ibon; Idiazabal, Itziar – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This paper sets out to show how a trilingual teaching sequence delivered primarily in minority L2 Basque can foster not just development of oral presentation skills in Basque, but also in L1 Spanish and L3 English. We set out to show that such a trilingual teaching intervention, based on the principles of integrated teaching of languages and…
Descriptors: Languages, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Reading Strategies and CLIL: The Effect of Training in Formal Instruction
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de Zarobe, Yolanda Ruiz; Zenotz, Victoria – Language Learning Journal, 2015
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a multifaceted educational approach which has emerged as a major innovation in improving language learning and subject learning in the curriculum. In order to analyse the effect of this approach, a number of studies (Dalton Puffer, C., T. Nikula and U. Smit, eds. 2010. "Language Use and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Researching Foreign Language Provision within the Context of the Multilingual School and Community
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Payne, Mark; Evans, Michael – Language Learning Journal, 2005
The Specialist Schools Initiative in England has urged schools to plan their teaching of foreign languages in relation to the linguistic needs and preferences of their local communities. The changing multilingual fabric of many parts of Britain make such a goal a potentially difficult and controversial process. This paper explores the views of a…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Second Languages, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries