Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development (Jul 2015)

Students’ Perceptions of the Impact of CLIL in a Mexican BA Program

  • Alejandra Nuñez Asomoza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v17n2.47065
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 2
pp. 111 – 124

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Content and language integrated learning is an innovative pedagogical approach used in educational institutions worldwide. This study considers information and experiences from various settings in order to explore content and language integrated learning within the Mexican context. This study reports the perceptions of students in a BA program. Through the study’s using qualitative research, the students’ voices students reveal their emotions, struggles, benefits, and opinions related to taking content and language integrated learning classes. The analysis of the participants’ information shows the potential for implementing content and language integrated learning programs in Mexico in that it suggests some areas of improvement for teachers, material design, administrators, and institutions in general.

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