CBS Online Seminar: Studies on teachers' language-related practices in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) classrooms

Title: Studies on teachers' language-related practices in CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) classrooms

Date: January 9, 2023

Time: 14:30 - 15:30

Abstract

A growing number of learners are learning both subject content and language using English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in Asia and other parts of the world. They need to adopt appropriate strategies in learning and use the English language for EMI education. In this paper, we report on our research on subject teachers’ efforts to support learners’ learning of subject content and language in EMI classes in Hong Kong.  We identified that subject teachers attempted to facilitate learners’ language learning and use with language learning strategies, but these teachers often found it challenging to support learners’ strategic language learning/use adequately. We contend that language learning strategies researchers should transfer critical research findings to inform the development of subject teachers’ pedagogical strategies in facilitating learners’ strategic language learning and use for EMI education.

About the Speaker

Professor Gao is a language teacher educator at the School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, University of New South Wales, Australia. His research interests include international students’ educational experiences, language learner agency, language and literacy education, language education policy and language teacher education. Over the years, Professor Gao has been promoting the use of sociocultural/ecological perspectives to understand language learner's strategy use and language teacher agency. Relevant publications have appeared in journals such as English Language Teaching Journal, Journal of Language, Identity and Education, Language Teaching, Language Teaching Research, Studies in Higher Education, System, Teaching and Teacher Education, and TESOL Quarterly. Professor Gao edits International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching for De Gruyter. He is also a principal associate editor for The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher (Springer) and a section editor for Education Section, SAGE Open (Sage). In addition, he co-edits the English Language Education book series for Springer, and also serves on the editorial boards of journals including Applied Linguistics Review, The Asia Pacific Education Researcher, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Journal of Language, Identity and Education, Modern Language Journal, Language Awareness, Language Learning Journal, and Teacher Development. Professor Gao was the Faculty’s Outstanding Young Researcher (2015) at the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, a co-recipient of TESOL Award for an Outstanding Paper on NNEST issues (2012-2013), and has been named as one of 30 Up and Coming at TESOL International’s 50th anniversary.