The challenge of balancing content and language: Perceptions of Dutch bilingual education history teachers.

The role of subject teachers in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has received little attention, since most research focuses on language learning results of students. This exploratory study aims to gain insight into the perceptions of Dutch bilingual education history teachers by comparing teaching CLIL with regular history teaching. We used questionnaires and interviews to collect data. Results show that bilingual education history teachers perceived their dual task as language and subject teachers to be challenging. Teaching in English also enriched their teaching skills and ev... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Oattes, Huub
de Graaff, H.C.J.
Oostdam, Ron
Wilschut, Arie
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Schlagwörter: Bilingual education / History teaching / Content and language integrated learning / Teacher perception / Secondary education / Job satisfaction / Taverne
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/362597

The role of subject teachers in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has received little attention, since most research focuses on language learning results of students. This exploratory study aims to gain insight into the perceptions of Dutch bilingual education history teachers by comparing teaching CLIL with regular history teaching. We used questionnaires and interviews to collect data. Results show that bilingual education history teachers perceived their dual task as language and subject teachers to be challenging. Teaching in English also enriched their teaching skills and eventually had a positive influence on their level of job satisfaction.