‘Who would have thought that I’d ever know that!’
Subject-specific vocabulary in CLIL student interactions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20505340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angelika Rieder-Bünemann (0000-0001-9981-3375, University of Vienna, corresponding author), Julia Hüttner (0000-0002-5130-777X, University of Vienna), Ute Smit (0000-0003-1577-0860, University of Vienna) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 3184-3198 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-0050 • E-ISSN: 1747-7522 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13670050.2021.2020211 |
| OpenAlex | W4206802285 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 39 |
This paper focuses on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an educational approach where a foreign language is used to teach non-language subjects. More specifically, this contribution presents new insights into an under-researched area, namely the potential of CLIL in fostering the learning and use of subject-specific target language vocabulary (SSV). This is investigated in a case study analysing spontaneous oral classroom productions of two groups of advanced, secondary-school students in an Austrian CLIL programme within the subject European economics and politics. Based on a holistic definition of SSV comprising both single and multi-word lexical units, complementary quantitative lexical and qualitative discourse-embedded research methods are employed to present a comprehensive picture of the engagement of learners with subject-specific vocabulary. Findings of the lexical analysis show a substantial and active use of SSV with some homogeneity but also considerable variation between students. Discursive investigations of the affordances for learning arising in interactions indicate that in constructing and negotiating SSV, the students make use of a range of learning and communication strategies, which indicates their heightened level of SSV learning awareness
Affordance · Cognitive psychology · Content and language integrated learning · Foreign language · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Negotiation · Pedagogy · Sociology · Teaching method · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Epistemic Search Sequences in Peer Interaction in a Content-based Language Classroom
The power of beliefs
Vocabulary learning at primary school
Negotiating political positions
A pluriliteracies approach to content and language integrated learning – mapping learner progressions in knowledge construction and meaning-making
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Communication Strategies
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Variability in Interlanguage Use
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Communication Strategies in a Second Language
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |