ERIC Number: EJ1363688
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1367-0050
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7522
Students Attending Monolingual, Bilingual, or Trilingual Schools at Secondary Level: Does It Influence Their Academic Performance in a University Bilingual Biology Module?
Archila, Pablo Antonio; Danies, Giovanna; Truscott de Mejía, Anne-Marie; Restrepo, Silvia; Molina, Jorge
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v25 n8 p3098-3111 2022
In many higher education institutions in countries where English is the second or foreign language; English for Academic Purposes (EAP), English-medium instruction (EMI), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and first language-English bilingual modules are attracting interest because of their potential to contribute to the internationalization of higher education. However, it is still not very clear whether students' monolingual, bilingual, or trilingual abilities really influence their academic performance in these modules. This study aims to determine if there is a relationship between participants' academic performance and their type of school attended at secondary level (monolingual, bilingual, trilingual) or age. The total sample of this correlational research was 177 undergraduates (105 females and 72 males, 15-30 years old) who took a university Spanish-English bilingual Biology module at a prestigious Colombian university. Here, we report the results obtained on 2.5 years of data generated by students' quizzes and exams. Independent t-tests showed that the grades obtained in quizzes and exams by the undergraduates who attended monolingual schools at secondary level were slightly lower than those of the university students who attended bilingual or trilingual schools, but there were no statistical differences between them.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Correlation, Undergraduate Students, Institutional Characteristics, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Biology, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries, Science Tests, Longitudinal Studies, International Education, Grades (Scholastic), Secondary Education, Educational Background, Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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