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Description
This presentation discusses methodological strategies, challenges, and innovations in applying Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) within higher education. Drawing on Coyle’s (2007) 4Cs framework and Villabona and Cenoz’s (2022) findings on the difficulty of balancing content and language integration, it argues that effective CLIL requires a dynamic synthesis of cognitive, linguistic, and affective dimensions rather than a dichotomy between content-driven and language-driven approaches.
Adopting a qualitative, classroom-based design, this study employs Science of Well-being and Spiritual Science and Social Diversity courses as illustrative cases to examine how CLIL can foster holistic learning, reflective thinking, and intercultural awareness. Data from student journals, classroom observations, and post-course surveys were analysed through the multidimensional engagement model of Philp and Duchesne (2016), encompassing cognitive, behavioural, emotional, and social dimensions.
Findings indicate that reflective dialogue and concept-based scaffolding enhance learner engagement and language awareness, while key challenges remain in mediating abstract concepts and maintaining linguistic accessibility. The study concludes with a proposed integrative CLIL framework that extends beyond language and cognition, incorporating multidimensional engagement as an innovative approach for educators seeking to cultivate transformative, socially responsive CLIL practices.
Biography
Dr. Phuong Tran is a Lecturer at the Center for Foreign Language Education and Research (FLER), Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. She also teaches at Waseda University in the School of International Liberal Studies. Her research focuses on technology-enhanced language learning, particularly CALL and MALL, learner engagement, CLIL and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL).
She has presented at numerous international conferences and has published on topics such as online learner engagement, mobile vocabulary learning, and social interaction in language education. Her work is grounded in frameworks such as the Community of Inquiry and sociocultural theory, with a strong emphasis on multidimensional learner engagement.
Dr. Tran is actively involved in interdisciplinary projects that bridge applied linguistics, intercultural communication, and digital learning environments.
Dr. Eman Alkhaja, who earned her Ph.D. from Waseda University, teaches at universities in Tokyo, among them Kyoritsu Women's University. Her multidisciplinary areas of study span media studies, communication, cultural studies, English language education, and international relations. Her publications include "Unveiling in Arab Societies: Elite, Popular, and Social Media Discourses".
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