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Isabelle Udry; Raphael Berthele – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
Academic self-concept (ASC) is a student's self-perceived level of ability in an academic domain and a major factor involved in academic performance. We examined the importance of internal/external sources of evaluation for the structure of L2 and L3 ASCs in two groups of 5th/6th graders learning English and French in Switzerland (mean age: 12.1).…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Academic Ability, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Dallinger, Sara; Jonkmann, Kathrin; Hollm, Jan – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
Despite its increasing popularity and adoption across Europe, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is not without its critics. It has been argued that CLIL programmes are highly selective, that is, the students possess more favourable learning prerequisites than their monolingually taught peers. The present study contributes to this…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
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Mearns, Tessa L. – Language Learning Journal, 2012
This paper describes and evaluates an action research project carried out by a teacher in an English comprehensive school, where a class of 13- to 14-year-olds was taught personal, social and health education and German through content-language integrated learning (CLIL) over a six-week period. The purpose of the study was to explore how CLIL…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Health Education, Research Projects, Action Research
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Coyle, Do – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
This study is part of longitudinal research undertaken in 11 secondary schools across two countries, based in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms with 12-15 year olds. The aim was to listen to learners, provide them with a "voice" to analyse their perceptions of "successful learning" and to undertake participatory research…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Educational Change
Welch, Olga M.; Hodges, Carolyn R. – 1990
This presentation focuses on how foreign language study may be used to motivate hearing-impaired adolescents and to improve their English proficiency skills. Research on foreign language acquisition as it relates to self-concept development in hearing-impaired youth is reviewed, and a pilot project involving students at the Tennessee School for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs
Banya, Kingsley; Cheng, Maria H. – 1997
This study investigated: (1) the causes and effects of Chinese students' beliefs about foreign language learning; (2) mismatches between teachers' and students' beliefs; and (3) how teachers' and students' beliefs compare across cultures. Subjects were 23 Chinese and English teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and 224 EFL university…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Beliefs, College Faculty