The effects of a content-based language course on students’ academic vocabulary production
Author
Navarro Gil, Noelia
Publication date
2019ISSN
2604-5893
Abstract
This study examines the effects of content-based language instruction (CBI)on the production of academic vocabulary in texts written in Englishby university learners enrolled in two different instruction settings, i.e. English as Medium of Instruction –EMI–, and the same programme in the students’ L1 (Catalan/Spanish), over one semester. Both the materials used in class and the learner corpus were examined in order to identify the degree to which they incorporate (i.e. cover) items from three lists of interdisciplinary academic terminology, namely the Academic Vocabulary List (AVL), the Academic Collocations List (ACL) and the Academic Formulas List (AFL). The results indicate that the class material covers 5% of ACL, 32% of AVL, and 64% of AFL, which reflects the academic and pedagogical nature of its contents. In the learner corpus, both L1 and EMI learners produced more general academic and technical words after the course. EMI learners also increased their use of collocations and formulas. The benefits of CBI for acquiring academic terminology and for developing disciplinary literacy are discussed in the light of the two settings of instruction under study.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
81 - Linguistics and languages
Keywords
Instrucció basada en continguts
Mitjà d'ensenyament de l'anglès
Alfabetització disciplinària
Fórmules acadèmiques
Col·locacions acadèmiques
Vocabulari acadèmic
Instrucción basada en contenidos
Medio de instrucción en inglés
Alfabetización disciplinaria
Fórmulas académicas
Colocaciones académicas
Vocabulario académico
Content-based instruction
English medium of instruction
Disciplinary literacy
Academic formulas
Academic collocations
Academic vocabulary
Pages
18
Publisher
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Collection
2; 2
Is part of
CLIL Journal of Innovation and Research in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Education
Citation
Navarro Gil, Noelia. The effects of a content-based language course on students’ academic vocabulary production. CLIL Journal of Innovation and Research in Plurilingual and Pluricultural Education, 2019, 2(2), p. 25-42. Disponible en: <https://revistes.uab.cat/clil/article/view/v2-n2-navarro>. Fecha de acceso: 10 sep. 2024. DOI: 10.5565/rev/clil.30
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