ERIC Number: EJ1410510
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
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Applying Content and Language Integrated Learning in Legal English Classes: A Vietnamese Perspective
Issues in Educational Research, v33 n4 p1513-1531 2023
To develop learners' competence for subject-specific terms and language skills, many teaching approaches have been implemented in teaching and learning English for specific purposes (ESP). Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is one of such methods expected to achieve this goal in tertiary education contexts. However, the correlation between language students' and teachers' views on the issue of CLIL in ESP teaching and learning has received inadequate attention from educational scholars. This study, therefore, aimed to examine both teachers' and learners' perspectives on the application of CLIL in teaching and learning legal English. The research used survey questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with 243 students attending legal English courses together with seven instructors of legal English. The results illustrated a general congruence between learners' and teachers' high appreciation of the benefits from CLIL principles implementation in legal English classes. In other aspects, the findings show that two sets of the participants have met obstacles concerning content knowledge for specific law areas. Moreover, English instructors are also struggling in the preparation of teaching materials and activities for their lessons. Such findings set practical pedagogical implications for language educators in ESP teaching and learning.
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English for Special Purposes, Legal Education (Professions), Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Learning Processes, Barriers, Language Teachers, Student Attitudes, Law Schools, Correlation, Teacher Attitudes
Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. 5/202 Coode Street, Como, Western Australia 6152, Australia. e-mail: editor@iier.org.au; Web site: http://www.iier.org.au/iier.html
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Vietnam
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