Receptive vocabulary knowledge and motivation in CLIL and EFL

• Almudena Fernández Fontecha ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de La Rioja

     Universidad de La Rioja

     Logroño, España

     
• Localización: Revista de lingüística y lenguas aplicadas, ISSN 1886-2438, Nº. 9, 2014, págs. 23-32
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.4995/rlyla.2014.2077
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo (pdf)
• Dialnet Métricas: 8 Citas
• Resumen

  • Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a widely researched approach to foreign language learning and teaching. One of the pillars of CLIL is the concept of motivation. Some studies have focused on exploring motivation within CLIL, however there has not been much discussion about the connection between motivation, or other affective factors, and each component of foreign language learning. Hence, given two groups of learners with the same hours of EFL instruction, the main objective of this research is to determine whether there exists any kind of interaction between the number of words learners know receptively and their motivation towards English as a Foreign Language (EFL). Most students in both groups were highly motivated. No relationship was identified between the receptive vocabulary knowledge and the general motivation for the secondary graders but a positive significant relationship was found for the primary CLIL graders. Several reasons will be adduced.

• Referencias bibliográficas
  • Agustín Llach, M.P. and Terrazas Gallego, M. (2012). "Vocabulary Knowledge Development and Gender Differences in a Second Language",...
  • Anglada, L., and Banegas, D. (2012). Views on Motivation and Autonomy in ELT: Selected Papers from the XXXVII FAAPI Conference. San Martín...
  • Banegas, D. (2013). "The integration of content and language as a driving force in the EFL lesson", in E. Ushioda (ed.) International...
  • Bernaus, M. and Gardner, R.C. (2008). "Teacher Motivation Strategies, Student Perceptions, Student Motivation, and English Achievement",...
  • Bruton, A. (2011). "Is CLIL so beneficial or just selective? Re-evaluating some of the research", System 39, 523-532. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2011.08.002
  • Carreira, J.M. (2005). "New framework of Intrinsic/Extrinsic and Integrative/Instrumental Motivation in Second Language Acquisition",...
  • Carreira, J.M. (2006). "Motivation for learning English as a foreign language in Japanese elementary schools", JALT Journal 28, 135-157
  • Carreira, J.M. (2010). "Relationship between motivation for learning EFL and intrinsic motivation for learning in general among Japanese...
  • Cenoz, J., Genesee, F. and D. Gorter (2013). "Critical analysis of CLIL: taking stock and looking forward", Applied Linguistics 13,...
  • Cobb, T. and Marlise E.H. (1999). "Vocabulary sizes of some city University students", Journal of the Division of Language Studies...
  • Coyle, D., Hood, P., and Marsh, D. (2010). CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning. Cambridge: CUP.
  • Csizér, K. and Dörnyei, Z. (2005). "The Internal Structure of Language Learning Motivation and its relationship with Language Choice and...
  • Dalton-Puffer C., Nikula, T. and Smit, U. (eds.) (2010). Language Use and Language Learning in CLIL Classrooms. Amsterdam: Benjamins. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aals.7
  • Dalton-Puffer, C. (2007) Discourse in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Classrooms. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lllt.20
  • Dalton-Puffer, C. and Smit, U. (eds.) (2007). Empirical Perspectives on CLIL Classroom Discourse. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
  • Deci, E.L. and Ryan, R.M. (1985). Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. New York: Plenum Publishing Co. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2271-7
  • Doiz, A., Lasagabaster, D. and Sierra, J.M. (2013). The impact of individual and contextual variables on motivation. Paper presented at the...
  • Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition. Mahwah, NJ.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Dörnyei, Z. (2009). "The L2 motivational self system", in Z. Dörnyei and E. Ushioda (eds.). Motivation, Language Identity and the...
  • Eccles, J.S., Wigfield, A. and Schiefele, U. (1998). "Motivation to succeed". W. Damon and N. Eisenberg (eds.) Handbook of Child Psychology,...
  • Elley, W.B. (1989). "Vocabulary Acquisition from Listening to Stories", Reading Research Quarterly 24, 174–187. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/747863
  • Fan, M. (2000). "How big is the gap and how to narrow it? An investigation into the active and passive vocabulary knowledge of L2 learners",...
  • Fortanet-Gómez, I. (2013). CLIL in Higher Education. Towards a Multilingual Language Policy. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  • Gabryś-Barker, D. and Bielska, J. (2013). The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  • Gardner, R.C. (1985). Social Psychology and Second Language Learning. London: Edward Arnold.
  • Gardner, R.C. and Lambert, W.E. (1972). Attitudes and Motivation in Second Language Learning. Rowley, MA: Newbury.
  • Gardner, R.C. and MacIntyre, P.D. (1991). "An instrumental motivation in language study: who says it isn't effective?", Studies...
  • Golberg, H., Paradis, J., and Crago, M. (2008). "Lexical acquisition over time in minority first language children learning English as...
  • Golberg, H., Paradis, J., and Crago, M. (2008). Lexical acquisition over time in minority first language children learning English as a Second...
  • Heras, and Lasagabaster, D. (in press). "The impact of CLIL on affective factors and vocabulary learning", Language Teaching Research.
  • Jiménez Catalán, R.M. and Terrazas, M. (2005-2008). "The receptive vocabulary of English foreign language young learners", Journal...
  • Kim, Y. (2008). "The role of task-induced involvement and learner proficiency in L2 vocabulary acquisition", Language Learning 58/2,...
  • Lasagabaster, D. (2011). "English achievement and student motivation in CLIL and EFL settings", Innovation in Language Learning and...
  • Laufer, B. (1998). "The development of passive and active vocabulary in a second language: same or different?", Applied
  • Laufer, B. and Hulstijn, J. (2001). "Incidental vocabulary acquisition in a second language: the construct of task-induced involvement",...
  • Laufer, B. and Paribakht, T.S. (1998). "The relationship between passive and active vocabularies: Effects of language learning context",...
  • Lepper, M., Sethi, S., Dialdin, D. and Drake, M. (1997). "Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: A developmental perspective", in S.S....
  • Llinares, A., Whittaker, R. and Morton, T. (2012). The Roles of Language in CLIL. Cambridge: CUP.
  • López-Mezquita, M-T. (2005). La Evaluación de la Competencia Léxica: Tests de Vocabulario. Su Fiabilidad y Validez. Universidad de Granada:...
  • Masgoret, A-M. and Gardner R.C. (2003). "Attitudes, motivation, and second language learning: meta-analyses of studies by Gardner and...
  • Mehisto, P., Marsh, D., Frigols, M.J. (2008). Uncovering CLIL: Content and Language Integrated Learning in Bilingual and Multilingual Education....
  • Milton, J. and Meara, P. (1998). "Are the British really bad at learning foreign languages?", Language Learning Journal 18, 68-76....
  • Murtagh, L. (2007). "Out-of-school use of Irish, motivation to learn the language and proficiency in immersion and subject-only post-primary...
  • Nation, P. (1983). "Teaching and testing vocabulary", Guidelines 5, 12-25.
  • Nation, P. (1990). Teaching and learning vocabulary. New York: Newbury.
  • Nation, P. (2001). Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139524759
  • Nation, P. (2006). "How large a vocabulary is needed for reading and listening?", The Canadian Modern Language Review/La revue canadienne...
  • Noels, K.A. (2001). "Learning Spanish as a Second Language: Learners' orientations and perceptions of their teachers' communication...
  • Noels, K.A., Pelletier, L.G., Clément, R., and Vallerand, R.J. (2000). "Why are you learning a second language? Motivational orientations...
  • Qian, D. (2002). "Investigating the relationship between vocabulary knowledge and academic reading performance: An assessment perspective",...
  • Ruiz de Zarobe, Y. and Jiménez Catalán, R.M. (eds.) (2010). Content and Language Integrated Learning: Evidence from Research in Europe. Bristol:...
  • Schmidt, R. and Watanabe, Y. (2001). "Motivation, strategy use, and pedagogical preferences in foreign language learning", in Z. Dörnyei...
  • Schmitt, N. (2000). "Vocabulary acquisition", in N. Schmitt (ed.) Vocabulary in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge Language Education,...
  • Schmitt, N. and Meara, P. (1997). "Researching vocabulary through a word knowledge framework: word associations and verbal suffixes",...
  • Schmitt, N., Schmitt, D. and Clapham, C. (2001). "Developing and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels...
  • Seikkula-Leino, J. (2007). "CLIL learning: achievement levels and affective factors", Language and Education 21/4, 328-341. http://dx.doi.org/10.2167/le635.0
  • Tseng, W-T. and Schmitt, N. (2008). "Toward a Model of Motivated Vocabulary Learning: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach", Language...
  • Webb, S. (2008). "Receptive and productive vocabulary sizes of L2 learners", Studies in Second Language Acquisition 30/1, 79-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0272263108080042
  • Xanthou, M. (2010). "Current trends in L2 vocabulary learning and instruction. Is CLIL the right approach?", Advances in Research...
  • Yu, B. and Watkins, D.A. (2008). "Motivational and cultural correlates of second language acquisition: an investigation of international...