The acquisition of phraseological units by French-speaking learners of English and Dutch in CLIL and NON-CLIL settings : exposure effects on range and accuracy

Multilingualism is promoted as an important social and economic asset, especially in Belgium where three official languages and four linguistic areas co-exist. One way to foster multilingualism in education is the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) pedagogical approach, in which some school subjects (e.g. history, geography, mathematics, etc.) are taught in a different language than the mainstream school language. This thesis - framed within a multidisciplinary research project on CLIL in French-speaking Belgium - focusses on the (longitudinal) acquisition of phraseological units... Mehr ...