Language use and language learning in CLIL classrooms / edited by Christiane Dalton-Puffer, Tarja Nikula, Ute Smit.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language Use and Language Learning in CLIL Classrooms; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; References; Charting policies, premises and research on content and language integrated learning; 1. Defining CLIL; 2. CLIL in Europe: Policy and implementation; 3. Underlying assumptions; 4. Overview of research on CLIL; 5. On theoretical and methodological trends; 6. Introducing the volume; References; Websites mentioned; Part I. General and theoretical issues; On the natural emergence of language structures in CLIL; The pragmatics of L2 in CLIL.

This volume explores a highly topical issue in second and foreign language education: the spreading practice in mainstream education to teach content subjects through a foreign language. CLIL has been enthusiastically embraced as a language enrichment measure in many contexts and finally research can offer principled insights into its dynamics and potentials. The editors' introductory and concluding chapters offer a synthesis of current CLIL research as well as a critical discussion of unresolved issues relating both to theoretical concerns and research practice. The individual contributions b.

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