The dynamics of English in a multilingual Europe

Wilton, Antje; Houwer, Annick De

doi:10.1075/aals.8.02wil

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“…English has an extraordinary presence in several social aspects in Europe, to the extent that it has acquired a status of extraterritorial language in the continent (Wilton & De Houwer, ). Nowadays, the impact of this language on European citizens lies in its great presence in the media and in popular culture (James, ).…”

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The effect of content and language integrated learning programmes' intensity on English proficiency: A longitudinal study

Merino

Lasagabaster

2017

Int J App Linguistics

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Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is becoming a very popular approach in Europe and many other parts of the world. However, due to the novelty of its implementation the number of longitudinal studies is scant. With this in mind, the overall aim of this study was to examine the effect of CLIL sessions and their intensity on the learning of English as a foreign language. Two test rounds were conducted in a longitudinal study spanning one year. The participants were 393 secondary education students enrolled in both bilingual and monolingual regions in Spain. Our findings revealed a significant impact of the number of CLIL sessions on students' proficiency in English.

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The effect of content and language integrated learning programmes' intensity on English proficiency: A longitudinal study

Merino

Lasagabaster

2017

Int J App Linguistics

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“…However, there are a lot of loan words which can be clearly defined as borrowed because of their peculiarity in pronunciation, Moreover, the variety of English functioning in Europe is considered by many linguists (James, 2000;Jesenska, 2007;Wilton, 2011) to be an independent one, so there have been more and more articles researching another variety of English called European English or Euro-English.…”

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Lexicology and Multilingualism

Anisimova¹

2019

IJME

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The article deals with the issues where multilingualism as a linguistic phenomenon is successfully revealed in the Lexicological studies, namely, in the five lexicological problematic questions of the course, and the whole topic is dedicated to the Multilingual aspect in Lexicology. It covers the description of CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) and some aspects of its influence on the process of development of students’ multilingual competence. It is emphasized that multilingualism has become a widespread phenomenon in modern society. A considerable number of people speak more than two languages in their everyday life due to historical, social, or economic reasons. This is one of the causes why multilingual competence has been defined as one of the key competences that a modern competitive specialist should possess according to the European System of Higher Education. CLIL is usually thought to play an increasingly important part in language education, both as a feature of foreign teaching and learning, and as an element of bi- and multilingualism, that was evidently presented in the course of English Lexicology. The ability to apply multilingual competence is one of the key objectives of the curriculum. Multilingual competence presupposes that speakers use different languages for different contexts and purposes, but their influence on the languages may differ. The article gives a detailed description of the features typical of CLIL. So, subject learning combined with language learning leads to the formation of multilingual knowledge, which contributes to the development of multilingual competence.

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“…This implies a great deal of investment in one particular direction. While English is currently an important lingua franca in much of Europe (Wilton & De Houwer, 2011), the question is how long this will continue to be the case. Russian, for instance, was an important lingua franca in the former Soviet Bloc countries (Pavlenko, 2006).…”

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“…This can be done without a lot of additional cost, and teachers need not invest much in the learning of a foreign language themselves (Chumak-Horbatsch, 2012). An openness to linguistic and cultural diversity is all that is required (see also, e.g., Young & Hélot, 2007). Working with the resources that children's multilingualism offers will contribute to an openness to other languages and cultures that will prepare children for future foreign language learning.…”

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“…An example from the Alsace shows how this can be done. In a pioneering project involving cooperation between parents, schools and school boards, Young and Hélot (2007) showed how small linguistic and cultural initiation programs can have big effects. Through direct parental involvement in the school, children • learned about the geography and history of parents' and children's countries of origin or interest, • tasted and learned about specialties from different culinary traditions, • learned to sing short songs with actions in different languages, • read traditional tales from bilingual books, • learned traditional dances from different cultures, • tried on traditional costumes from different cultures, • watched home-made videos depicting a wedding ceremony or school life in parents' countries of origin or interest, • learned how to introduce themselves, greet and say "please" and "thank you", as well as basic vocabulary such as colors or fruits in different languages, and much more.…”

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