Lexical Availability in Spanish Multilingual CLIL

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-83668-061-1
Verlag: Channel View Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 174, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 474 g

Reihe: Lexical Availability in Spanish Multilingual CLIL

Provides evidence that multilingual CLIL has a positive effect on productive vocabulary.

This book fills an important gap in the literature by providing evidence of the positive effect that receiving content classes in multiple target languages has on vocabulary acquisition and, in particular, lexical availability. It examines data from a multilingual Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) context, where Spanish adolescents simultaneously study both English and French as foreign languages.

The author explores the quantitative and qualitative differences between CLIL learners’ language acquisition in English and French and between males and females, as well as the positive and negative influence of the learners’ various languages in their available lexicon. In addition, these factors are investigated not only at one point in time, but also longitudinally, so as to address the long-term effects of these issues. The book equips teachers and stakeholders with clear information regarding the effect that multilingual CLIL instruction has, to allow them to make the most of this multilingual learning scenario and foster the learners’ multilingual exposure.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Geoghegan, Leah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables and Figures

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: The Language of
Instruction in CLIL

Chapter 1: Content and Language Integrated Learning in Spain

Chapter 2: English and Languages Other than English

Chapter 3: Lexical Availability in English and French as Foreign Languages

Part 2: Spanish Adolescents’
Lexical Availability in English and French CLIL: A Case Study

Chapter 4: An Overview of the Case Study

Chapter 5: Spanish Adolescents’ Lexical Availability in English and French

Chapter 6: Gender Differences in Spanish Adolescents’ Lexical Availability in English and French

Chapter 7: Cross-Linguistic Influence in Multilingual CLIL

Chapter 8: Conclusions

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Geoghegan, Leah
Leah Geoghegan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of La Rioja, Spain. She teaches and researches in the area of second language acquisition with a specific interest in vocabulary, motivation, learning contexts and heritage learners.