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Foreign Language Competence in Content and Language Integrated Courses~!2008-03-28~!2008-05-27~!2008-06-11~!

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Lasagabaster, David·2008·The Open Applied Linguistics Journal
DOI 10.2174/1874913500801010030
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European educational systems are making great efforts to improve students' command of foreign languages, as there are many students who leave compulsory education with only the most limited ability to communicate in a foreign language.In this context the implementation of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) courses is becoming commonplace throughout Europe, because this approach is believed to significantly improve overall language competence in the target language.This paper examines the implementation of CLIL in the Basque Country (Spain), a bilingual community in which both Basque and Spanish are official languages and where English represents the third language included in the curriculum.The results show that the CLIL approach is successful and helps to improve students' foreign language competence even in bilingual contexts where English has little social presence.

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Authors
Lasagabaster, D.
Affiliations
University of the Basque Country (ES)
Corresponding author
Lasagabaster, David
ORCID
Lasagabaster, David
Venue
The Open Applied Linguistics Journal
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Published
2008-06-13
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
30-41
ISSN
1874-9135 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2174/1874913500801010030
OpenAlex
W1550911001
Cited by
355
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FWCI
258.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Open Applied Linguistics Journal (publishedVersion)
  • The Open Applied Linguistics Journal
Funders
Eusko Jaurlaritza
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
Keywords
CLIL, foreign language proficiency, English as a foreign language, bilingual education, Basque Country, English language teaching

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