Teaching psychology at university using the content and language integrated learning (CLIL) approach

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24622
DOI: 10.30827/portalin.v0i35.16858
ISSN: 1697-7467
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Aprendizaje integrado de contenidos y lenguas extranjeras (AICLE) para enseñar psicología en la universidad
Date
2021-01Department
Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura; PsicologíaSource
Porta Linguarum 35, enero 2021 77-91Abstract
A lesson in a psychology course given to university students is presented,
using the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. A total of 78 psychology
freshmen college students participated in this experiment. All participants received four
lessons in a regular university class. The lessons were about general concepts on psychological
disorders. The lessons were taught in English. Different quantitative and qualitative
aspects of content acquisition were assessed. In addition, attitudes about and motivation
to participate in this bilingual learning practice at the university were evaluated. Results
showed a high level of approval and motivation for this methodology, along with a significant
assimilation of the content taught. In conclusion, intensifying interaction and diversifying
of linguistic skills, as well as adjusting the lecturing time to match the students’ learning
capacity and the professor’s second language proficiency, could potentially improve this
CLIL experience.
Keywords: CLIL,