Fostering Academic Genre Knowledge of EFL Learners through Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

Abstract

With the advent of the distinctive characterization of academic language in the past thirty years, there has been a tremendous move in the ESL/EFL world towards formulating instructional techniques compatible with the very nature of these skills. As a part of this effort, this study investigated the role of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach in achieving these ends. The study employed quantitative tools of data collection and analysis. The results of the study revealed that this pedagogical approach is far better than the conventional approaches to the teaching of English for academic purposes (EAP) in raising academic genre awareness and thereby fostering writing skills indispensable for learners in the learning context at hand. Also, the procedures followed in the investigation process have important pedagogical implications in targeting academic language skills across various disciplines.

Keywords

• CLIL
• Genre
• PQA
• English for lawyers
• EAP