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Publication Date: 2014
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An Investigation into CLIL-Related Sections of EFL Coursebooks: Issues of CLIL Inclusion in the Publishing Market
Banegas, Darío Luis
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v17 n3 p345-359 2014
The current English Language Teaching (ELT) global coursebook market has embraced content and language integrated learning (CLIL) as a weak form of bilingual education and an innovative component to include in General English coursebooks for EFL contexts. In this paper, I investigate how CLIL is included in ELT coursebooks aimed at young learners, available to teachers in Argentina. My study is based on the content analysis of four series, which include a section advertised as CLIL oriented. Results suggest that such sections are characterised by (1) little correlation between featured subject-specific content and school curricula in L1, (2) oversimplification of contents and (3) dominance of reading skills development and lower-order thinking tasks. Through this study, I argue that CLIL components become superficial supplements rather than a meaningful attempt to promote weak forms of bilingual education.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Teaching Methods, Course Content, Content Analysis, Correlation, Reading Skills, Thinking Skills, Task Analysis, Publishing Industry, Instructional Innovation
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