Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study
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Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) has a dual focus both on content and language teaching in which students learn through and about language and provides contextualized and meaningful situations. Although studies on the impact of CLIL on learners’ vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension have mostly positive results, related research is highly limited in Turkish context. Thus, this study aims to examine to what extent CLIL students differ from non-CLIL students in terms of their reading comprehension and vocabulary size (i.e. receptive and productive). Data were collected from 124 fifth-grade students by means of the reading parts of the Cambridge Key English Test, the 2,000-word frequency-band of the Vocabulary Levels Test (Schmitt, Schmitt, & Clapham, 2001), and the adapted version of the Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (Paribakht & Wesche, 1997). Results of the study showed that the CLIL students significantly outperformed their non-CLIL counterparts in reading comprehension, receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge. |
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Other Fields of Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Dilan Bayram
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0000-0002-6252-1659
Türkiye
Rukiye Özlem Öztürk
This is me
0000-0003-3735-2344
Türkiye
Derin Atay
0000-0002-4147-7177
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 23, 2019
Submission Date
October 28, 2019
Acceptance Date
December 2, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 2 Number: 2
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