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Diep, Le Ngoc; Tra, Do Huong – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2021
Many educational researchers and teachers have agreed that language can be fostered in the context of science teaching. However, the effect of language fostering has depended heavily on teacher's perception. Recognizing the role of teaching (including Physics teaching) in language training will help teachers become conscious while designing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Physics, Teacher Attitudes
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Ben Hammou, Salah; Kesbi, Abdelaziz – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2023
The present study explores Moroccan science teachers' perceptions of teaching science subjects through foreign languages, mainly French, in Moroccan secondary schools. Seventeen science and technology teachers have been interviewed and data were analysed following the grounded theory methodology. The researcher constructs hypotheses based on data…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Students, French, Language of Instruction
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Ben Hammou, Salah; Kesbi, Abdelaziz – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
The present study explored a small-scale English medium instruction (EMI) initiative in Moroccan secondary schools, which is part of a top-down multilingual policy based on teaching science subjects through foreign languages, namely French, English, and Spanish. 18 secondary EMI teachers of math, physics and life and earth sciences were…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Science Instruction
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Lu, Chaoqun; So, Winnie Wing Mui; Lee, Yeung Chung; Yeung, Yau Yuen – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
English is being used as a medium of instruction (EMI) for delivering science lessons in China. This study investigated Chinese high school international programme students' perceptions of and attitudes towards EMI, particularly about their perceived difficulties and support in learning. A questionnaire with Likert-type items, student group…
Descriptors: High School Students, Language of Instruction, Likert Scales, Science Instruction
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Konyssova, Aygerim; Atemova, Kalipa; Chakanova, Selime; Gulmira, Ashikbayeva; Konyssova, Saltanat; Konkabayeva, Gulnaz – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects are taught in English through the use of the CLIL approach following trilingual education that has been implemented in several pilot schools since 2007. In the Kazakhstani background, however, the CLIL approach is still in its infancy, and little is known about the views of…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Content and Language Integrated Learning
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Di Stefano, Marialuisa; Villanueva Alarcón, Idalis; McEneaney, Elizabeth; Marte Zorrilla, Edwin; Esquinca, Alberto – Bilingual Research Journal, 2022
In this article, we report on a mixed method study conducted through a previously validated bilingual instrument. The purpose was to understand elementary bilingual and dual language (BDL) teachers' perspectives of science and engineering (S&E) teaching in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico with the goal of developing situated professional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Engineering Education
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Jalal, Shumaila; Nawab, Ali – Cogent Education, 2022
This research aimed to explore the possibility of using Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach for the development of students' Second Language (L2) skills and content in the subject of Chemistry. To achieve this purpose, action research method was used to implement CLIL approach at grade 7 consisting of 30 students. The research…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Barriers, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Native Language
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Silvia Kunitz, Editor; Numa Markee, Editor; Olcay Sert, Editor – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This book presents an international range of conversation analytic (CA) studies of classroom interaction which all discuss their empirical findings in terms of their theoretical and methodological contribution to the field of second language studies and their potential pedagogical relevance. The volume is thus unique in its focus on the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Classroom Communication, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction
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Metlí, Akin; Akis, Dinçer – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2022
Limited studies investigate the high school teachers' challenges and strategies while teaching science and mathematics in English as the target language through the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the challenges that science and math teachers encounter and the strategies they employ…
Descriptors: Barriers, Educational Strategies, Advanced Placement Programs, Content and Language Integrated Learning
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Hu, Jingjing; Gao, Xuesong – Language Awareness, 2021
Research on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programmes has yielded mixed results regarding their impact on students' language learning, drawing attention to the role of CLIL teachers. This study draws on teacher language awareness research to explore secondary subject content teachers' language-related pedagogical practices when…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Buxton, Cory A.; Harman, Ruth; Cardozo-Gaibisso, Lourdes; Jiang, Lei; Bui, Khanh; Allexsaht-Snider, Martha A. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2020
We report on the use of bilingual constructed response science assessments in the context of a research and development partnership with secondary school science teachers. Our project provided a series of workshops for teachers where they explored students' emergent reform-oriented science meaning-making in our project-designed assessments. We…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Bilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Workshops
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Salloum, Sara; BouJaoude, Saouma – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Science teachers mediate social and academic language in science classrooms through teacher talk and classroom discourse. In multilingual classrooms, ways home and international languages are deployed can affect conceptual learning of science. This study investigates, through Bakhtin's dialogic perspective, multilingual language practices and…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Student Diversity, Academic Language