Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), widely established as a mainstream approach in ESL countries, is gaining traction in EFL contexts through selective programs and initiatives. Reflecting this trend, Vietnam's educational reforms under the 2018 General Education Program have incorporated CLIL-informed lessons into newly adopted…

This case study explored three Taiwanese elementary school English teachers' pedagogical and collaborative practice of glocalization in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) lessons. Based on the framework on English teachers' designs and implementing glocalized CLIL lessons, the thematic analysis of the documents, observations of…

"Content and Language Integrated Learning" or "CLIL" as it is most commonly referred to, is an innovative methodology that has been gaining interest in the last few years.Although at first its implementation might appear to be something simple, as there is a tendency to think that for the successful application of CLIL based…

This article examines the influence of English language classroom interaction patterns on teachers' use and perceptions of student-centred pedagogy. The study used a mixed-method approach, combining classroom observations to collect quantitative data on interaction patterns with teacher interviews to gather qualitative insights into teachers'…

New approaches to teaching English have slowly been included in English teacher education in Chile in the last decade. Typically, the curriculum maps of these programs have followed a traditional paradigm based on grammatical curricula, however, new versions of these plans have shown evidence of, at least in paper, the adoption of new approaches,…

In this study, the authors address the case of STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) content teachers in an English medium instruction (EMI) environment in Kazakhstan to argue that the professional needs and identities of these teachers are considerably different than the specialist English teachers who teach English language skills…

English learner (EL) students face the challenge of learning a new language while simultaneously learning other subjects. Similarly, English as Second Language (ESL) teachers have the added responsibility of teaching academic language in STEM subjects to EL students, in addition to language teaching. This article explores how a participant…

Despite the rapid expansion of English-as-a-medium-of-instruction (EMI) programs in higher education, EMI teacher education is still in its infancy. This viewpoint paper analyses what language specialists can do and become in EMI teacher education in university settings. Specifically, the paper argues that language specialists can take on a new…

The present study is a mixed methods approach that explores subject teachers' views on teaching sciences in English in a context where English is a foreign language, as well as how different teaching philosophies and school atmosphere may influence their work in bilingual science classes. The study was conducted with high school teachers from two…

The use of Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) and Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approaches in English as Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms has recently gained special attention. In the context of Bangladesh, "English for Academic Purposes," a contextualized TBLT module prepared jointly by British Council and University…

Since the 1990s, CLIL has become a popular and well-established educational approach in English Language and Teaching (ELT) and has been cited for its positive learning outcomes. CLIL's rising popularity in ELT is predicated on the necessity of internationalisation and unprecedented population mobility (Nikula, Dalton-Puffer and Llinares, 2013).…

Morton's "language knowledge for content teaching" (LKCT) is a powerful tool for understanding interactions in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) classrooms, as well as CLIL teachers' knowledge base and teacher language awareness (TLA). However, often lacking in the body of research on TLA and LKCT is an explicit stance on…

The present study explores whether/how CLIL practice at primary English language classrooms raises English language teachers' awareness towards their language use from an English as a lingua franca (ELF)-aware perspective. English language teachers in a CLIL program completed a survey about their classroom practice and their opinions about their…

This multiple case study-based investigation examined teacher language awareness (TLA) for content and language integrated learning (CLIL). This study was carried out in three teacher education programmes in Argentina, Colombia, and Ecuador during two consecutive academic years (2019-2020, 2020-2021), and it sought to explore teacher educators' (n…

The purpose of this study was to implement the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach employing online games for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching and learning. The participants were 53 EFL Ecuadorian university students, 17 males and 36 females, who were enrolled in an English Major and a TEFL Master program. Their…