Classroom anxiety and enjoyment in CLIL and non-CLIL:Does the target language matter?

This study investigates pupils’ anxiety and enjoyment in the classroom when learning a second or foreign language. The particularity of this study lies in the comparison of two target languages (English and Dutch) in two educational contexts (CLIL and non-CLIL) at different instruction levels (primary and secondary education). While most research on Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) focuses on English as a target language, the Belgian context calls for a comparison with the language of the « other » community, in this case Dutch. Data were collected from 896 pupils in French-spea... Mehr ...