Language and Content Outcomes of CLIL and EMI: A Systematic Review

Around the world, language teachers are shifting to content-based instruction (CBI) as a way to teach English, most commonly in the form of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) or English-Medium Instruction (EMI). With the spread of CBI around the world, it is important to understand how this shift in teaching has affected student outcomes. Using a systematic literature review approach, this study examines current literature on the effect of CBI on language and content outcomes. Twenty-five articles met the inclusion criteria for this study and were examined. The results show mixed findings on the effectiveness of CBI on student outcomes, with the majority of studies showing either positive or neutral effects for CBI when compared with non-CBI classrooms. However, the study also reveals multiple methodological issues that cause difficulties for any strong conclusions about CBI to be made. In addition, while CLIL in Spain has received a lot of research attention, other countries remain understudied. Therefore, this study concludes with a call for future research of CBI outcomes that examine a variety of countries and account for the methodological flaws identified.

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Investigating Creativity in Online K-12 World Language Classrooms

10.4018/978-1-7998-7720-2.ch008 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 143-167

Author(s):

Anne Cummings Hlas ◽

Jesselyn J. Nadolny ◽

Christopher S. Hlas

Keyword(s):

Mixed Methods ◽

Online Teaching ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Mixed Methods Study ◽

World Language ◽

Teaching Context ◽

Language Classroom ◽

The World ◽

Language Classrooms ◽

K 12

This chapter outlines creativity in the world language classroom through the results of a mixed-methods study during the COVID-19 pandemic. While there has been a growing interest in creativity within education, little has been researched related to creative and uncreative factors in the language classroom, specifically in an online teaching context. For this reason, this research study explores creativity in the online world language K-12 classroom by examining teaching artifacts self-selected by K-12 language teachers, as well as interviews with interested participants. Findings suggest that creativity is multidimensional with creative factors overlapping within artifacts. Additionally, teachers have persisted throughout the pandemic to integrate creativity in order to engage students with the content in various ways, harness student attention, and give students choice. In addition, teachers have used various technologies to provide opportunities for students to work asynchronously and synchronously.

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Core Practices for World Language Teaching in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic

10.4018/978-1-7998-7720-2.ch002 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 24-40

Author(s):

Francis John Troyan ◽

Emre Başok ◽

David R. Carr

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Teacher Education ◽

Language Teaching ◽

The United States ◽

Language Teachers ◽

World Language ◽

Language Teacher Education ◽

Language Teacher ◽

Core Practices ◽

Based Instruction

This chapter presents the results of a nationwide questionnaire of world language teachers in the United States (n=135) that sought to examine how they perceived the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their ability to enact certain “core practices” for world language teaching. Quantitative analysis of Likert items and qualitative analysis of open-ended questions allowed for the examination of the teacher's perceptions of their practice related to three core practices that have been identified as essential to the work of contextualized, standards-based instruction. The findings contribute to an understanding of the realities of world language teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, the disruptions created by it, and the challenges faced in carrying out the work of world language teaching. Given these insights, suggestions are made for ways forward for the work in core practices in world language teacher education, as well as for pedagogies for practice-based world language teacher education.

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Outstanding Challenges in Scientific Research on Mindfulness and Meditation

Perspectives on Psychological Science ◽

10.1177/1745691617718358 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 62-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Richard J. Davidson ◽

Cortland J. Dahl

Keyword(s):

Scientific Research ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Attention ◽

Contemplative Practices ◽

Large N ◽

Key Points ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Key Issues ◽

Future Work ◽

Made In

Van Dam et al. raise a number of critical issues in contemporary research on mindfulness and meditation and offer a prescriptive agenda for future work in this area. While we agree with all of the key points made in their article, there are a number of important issues omitted that are central to a comprehensive agenda for future research in this area. This commentary highlights five key points: (a) Many of the key methodological issues the article raises are not specific to research on mindfulness; (b) contemplative practices are varied, and the landscape of modern scientific research has evolved to focus almost exclusively on one or two types of practice to the exclusion of other forms of practice that are potentially highly impactful; (c) mindfulness and related contemplative practices were not originally developed to treat disease; (d) key issues of duration, intensity and spacing of practice, and the extent to which formal meditation practice is required or whether practice can be piggybacked onto other non–cognitively demanding activities of daily living (e.g., commuting) remain as among the most important practical questions for disseminating these practices more widely, yet have received scant serious research attention; and (e) the use of mobile technology in both disseminating contemplative training and assessing its impact is going to be required to solve some of the key methodological challenges in this area including standardizing training across sites and addressing individual differences (which will require very large- N studies).

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Understanding Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Scientifica ◽

10.1155/2014/248163 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Julie Freischlag ◽

Kristine Orion

Keyword(s):

Physical Therapy ◽

Vascular Surgery ◽

Surgical Approach ◽

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome ◽

Future Research ◽

Multidisciplinary Teams ◽

Centers Of Excellence ◽

The World ◽

Patient Presentation ◽

Made In

The diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome was once debated in the world of vascular surgery. Today, it is more understood and surprisingly less infrequent than once thought. Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is composed of three types: neurogenic, venous, and arterial. Each type is in distinction to the others when considering patient presentation and diagnosis. Remarkable advances have been made in surgical approach, physical therapy, and rehabilitation of these patients. Dedicated centers of excellence with multidisciplinary teams have been developed and continue to lead the way in future research.

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Task Complexity and the Complexity of Written Language Production: A Review of Literature

International Journal of Linguistics ◽

10.5296/ijl.v7i3.7553 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 78

Author(s):

Umi Kalsom Masrom ◽

Nor Shidrah Mat Daud ◽

Nik Aloesnita Nik Mohd Alwi

Keyword(s):

Language Production ◽

Task Complexity ◽

Written Language ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Future Research ◽

Review Of Literature ◽

Complex Tasks ◽

Based Instruction ◽

Task Based Instruction ◽

Research Studies

<p>Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis (Robinson 2001a, 2003a, 2003b, 2005, 2007a, 2007b) predicts that more cognitively complex tasks along resource-directing dimension will lead to greater complexity of language production while cognitively complex tasks along resource-dispersing dimension will result in less complex language production. Various studies have investigated the effects of manipulating variables on these dimensions (i.e. resource-directing and resource-dispersing) either in oral or written language production. This paper compares and contrasts the results of several studies that were conducted by manipulating these variables in written language production. It also suggests guidelines for future research studies in this area. It concludes that further studies are necessary to investigate how language teachers can integrate and manipulate task-based instruction in their classrooms. </p>

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It All Connects

10.4018/978-1-7998-8267-1.ch001 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Carine Graff ◽

Rebecca Lynn Chism

Keyword(s):

Learning Environments ◽

Online Teaching ◽

Language Instruction ◽

Language Teachers ◽

Virtual Learning Environments ◽

Foreign Language Instruction ◽

World Language ◽

Language Class ◽

The World

The COVID-19 pandemic forced society to reevaluate the role of technology in the blink of an eye, and virtual learning environments became a necessity rather than an option. Even those instructors who were accustomed to remote learning had to reevaluate its best practices. World language teachers especially were forced to consider how to best provide their students the opportunity to practice the three modes of communication: interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational. With communication being the essence of foreign language instruction, it was of utmost consideration as to how it could transition effectively online. While there are many tools available for online teaching, not all of them are suitable for the world language class. Using connectivism as a framework, the authors propose that a single tool, Flipgrid, can be used to develop communicative proficiency and has the potential to enhance 21st century skills. This chapter will describe Flipgrid, its advantages and limitations, and offer three sample activities.

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Travesty of the cult image of Lenin in post-Soviet cinematography on the materials of the films “Comedy of the Strict Regime” and “Village of Khlyupovo Separates from the Union”

Культура и искусство ◽

10.7256/2454-0625.2020.1.30366 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 27-42

Author(s):

Vera Vladimirovna Shelest

Keyword(s):

Soviet Union ◽

Soviet Period ◽

Future Research ◽

The Core ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

The World ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Core Problem ◽

Made In ◽

Post Soviet Period

This article is written within the framework of the topic “The Image of Lenin in Art Cinematography of Russia of the XX – XXI centuries”. The author explores the period at the turn of eras, from collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 until the appearance of a new state of the Russian Federation on the world map. In the focus of attention are two films made in 1992, which subject to travesty the cult image of Lenin created by the founders of artistic Leniniana on stage and screen. Since the films were made at the turn of historical eras, there are attributes of a new artistic way of thinking – postmodernism, which are also analyzed in the article. The goal of this work lies in proving on the materials of films “Comedy of the Strict Regime” and “Village of Khlyupovo Separates from the Union” that the stylistic method of travesty is applied by cinematographers of post-Soviet period for debunking and ridiculing the cult image of Lenin created by the founders of secular Leniniana. The novelty of research is defined by the fact that these films have not been previously viewed from such perceptive. The article may serve as the foundation for future research on post-Soviet Leniniana. The author comes to the conclusion that it is not the persona of V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin to be debunked and ridiculed, but the image created by the masters of Soviet Leniniana. In ideological aspect, both films fall into the category of “iconoclastic”; the authors refer to the core problem of postmodernism – liberation of a person from totalitarian system, and display it in the ironic way.

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The mediating roles of law legitimacy and police legitimacy in predicting cooperation with police in China

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology ◽

10.1177/0004865820965641 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 000486582096564

Author(s):

Feng Li ◽

Ivan Y Sun ◽

Yuning Wu ◽

Siyu Liu

Keyword(s):

Survey Data ◽

Total Effect ◽

Future Research ◽

Police Legitimacy ◽

Research Attention ◽

The World ◽

The Law ◽

Willingness To Cooperate ◽

Research And Policy ◽

Police Effectiveness

Public’s willingness to assist the police in preventing and fighting crime forms one of the fundamental pillars for implementing effective policing strategies and reforms. Despite widely supported by research conducted around the world, the process-based model of policing has received little research attention in authoritarian settings. Based on survey data collected from Shanghai, China, this study assesses the roles of law and police legitimacy in mediating the relationships between police fairness and effectiveness and willingness to cooperate with the police. We found that Chinese people’s greater senses of police fairness can lead to their higher levels of trust in and willingness to obey the police, but the total effect of police fairness on willingness to cooperate with the police is non-significant. Police effectiveness, meanwhile, directly promotes cooperation with the police. We also found that people who perceived the law as legitimate expressed greater willingness to cooperate with the police. Police legitimacy, compared to law legitimacy, is a more pronounced linking factor connecting police fairness to public cooperation. Implications for future research and policy are discussed.

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Accounting in Islamic Perspective: A Timely Opportunity, a Timely Challenge

IIUC Studies ◽

10.3329/iiucs.v9i0.24020 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 187-214

Author(s):

Alim Al Ayub Ahmed Arif Billah ◽

Md Alidul Islam

Keyword(s):

Real Life ◽

Growth Potential ◽

Future Research ◽

Business Practices ◽

Research Directions ◽

International Consortium ◽

Islamic Perspective ◽

The World ◽

Made In

Accounting from Islamic Perspectives (AIP) is an emerging field. Recent years have attracted scholars from around the world who have contributed their thoughts about how accounting can be seen from the Islamic lens. However, the efforts so far are rather fragmented and without a clear agenda for future research. This paper presents a review of the literary achievements made in the field and the areas of current focus. Although the field carries a huge growth potential, the author argues that there are several challenges and problems that the proponents of AIP will face as the field develops further. This paper outlines these problems and challenges and makes suggestions to surmount the potential pitfalls. It is argued herein that, in order to develop AIP as a formal discipline and integrate it within real-life business practices, the research efforts need to be more organized through an international consortium of researchers. A brief proposal for such consortium is included here. Finally, recommendations are made for potential research directions in which future research on AIP can be pursued.IIUC Studies Vol.9 December 2012: 187-214

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Caracterización de los procesos cognitivos relacionados con variables cognitivas en entornos naturales y su relación con la actividad física. Una revisión en estudiantes universitarios

SPORT TK-Revista EuroAmericana de Ciencias del Deporte ◽

10.6018/sportk.454121 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 7-12

Author(s):

S. Baena-Morales ◽

F.T. González-Fernández ◽

O. García-Taibo ◽

J. López-Morales

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

University Students ◽

Future Research ◽

Inclusion Criteria ◽

Directed Attention ◽

Green Exercise ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

Type Of Exercise ◽

Made In ◽

Estudiantes Universitarios

El objetivo del presente trabajo es revisar la literatura que ha comparado el efecto de la actividad física (AF) en entornos naturales (AFMN) y artificiales (AFEA) sobre la atención selectiva (AS). Para ello se ha realizado una búsqueda en diferentes bases de datos como PubMed, Google académico y Sports DISCUS. Todas las búsquedas se realizaron desde el enero de 2000 hasta diciembre de 2019 a través de palabras clave como atención selectiva, ejercicio verde, actividad física, universitarios o estudiantes. Se excluyeron los artículos en los que la población no fuera exclusivamente estudiantes universitarios o no se especificaran variables metodológicas como el tipo de ejercicio realizado o el test de medición de la AS. Se seleccionaron un total de seis artículos que cumplieron todos los criterios de inclusión. Del análisis de estas investigaciones se concluye que la AFMN no presenta un efecto significativamente superior en la AS en comparación con la AEFA. La implementación de diversas mejoras metodológicas sería necesaria en futuras investigaciones. The aim of the present work is to review the bibliography that has compared the effect of physical activity (PA) performed in different environments, such as natural (AFMN) and artificial (AFEA), on directed attention (SA). For this purpose, a search has been made in different databases such as PubMed, Google academic and Sports DISCUS. All the searches were done from January 2000 to December 2019 using keywords such as directed attention, green exercise, physical activity or university students. In addition, articles were excluded if the population was not exclusively university students or if methodological did not specify variables such as the type of exercise performed or the AS measurement test. A total of six articles were selected which fully met the inclusion criteria. From the analysis of these investigations it was concluded that the effect of the AFMN is not significatively greater than the AEFA on the SA. Several methodological improvements are recommended for future research.

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