'Who would have thought that I'd ever know that!': subject-specific vocabulary in CLIL student interactions

• Published in: International journal of bilingual education and bilingualism Vol. 25; no. 9; pp. 3184 - 3198
• Main Authors: Rieder-Bünemann, Angelika, Hüttner, Julia, Smit, Ute
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 21.10.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Academic Language; Case studies; Classroom Communication; classroom discourse; CLIL; Communication Strategies; Content and Language Integrated Learning; Discourse strategies; EFL; English (Second Language); English as a second language; Foreign Countries; Integrated Activities; L2 lexicon; Learner Engagement; Learning Activities; Learning Strategies; Second language instruction; Secondary School Students; Speech Communication; subject-specific language; upper-secondary school; Vocabulary Development; Austria

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 lear...