Research Article

Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study

Volume: 2 Number: 2 December 23, 2019
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Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study

Abstract

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

Publication Date

December 23, 2019

Submission Date

October 28, 2019

Acceptance Date

December 2, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 2 Number: 2

APA
Bayram, D., Öztürk, R. Ö., & Atay, D. (2019). Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study. Language Teaching and Educational Research, 2(2), 101-113. https://doi.org/10.35207/later.639337
AMA
1.Bayram D, Öztürk RÖ, Atay D. Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study. LATER. 2019;2(2):101-113. doi:10.35207/later.639337
Chicago
Bayram, Dilan, Rukiye Özlem Öztürk, and Derin Atay. 2019. “Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study”. Language Teaching and Educational Research 2 (2): 101-13. https://doi.org/10.35207/later.639337.
EndNote
Bayram D, Öztürk RÖ, Atay D (December 1, 2019) Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study. Language Teaching and Educational Research 2 2 101–113.
IEEE
[1]D. Bayram, R. Ö. Öztürk, and D. Atay, “Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study”, LATER, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 101–113, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.35207/later.639337.
ISNAD
Bayram, Dilan - Öztürk, Rukiye Özlem - Atay, Derin. “Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study”. Language Teaching and Educational Research 2/2 (December 1, 2019): 101-113. https://doi.org/10.35207/later.639337.
JAMA
1.Bayram D, Öztürk RÖ, Atay D. Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study. LATER. 2019;2:101–113.
MLA
Bayram, Dilan, et al. “Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study”. Language Teaching and Educational Research, vol. 2, no. 2, Dec. 2019, pp. 101-13, doi:10.35207/later.639337.
Vancouver
1.Dilan Bayram, Rukiye Özlem Öztürk, Derin Atay. Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Size of CLIL and Non-CLIL Students: A Comparative Study. LATER. 2019 Dec. 1;2(2):101-13. doi:10.35207/later.639337

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