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Integrating disciplinary content into English language teaching has gained increasing attention as universities seek innovative approaches to preparing graduates for successfully thriving in a highly professional global environment. Amidst the gradual shift of English instruction from a foreign language towards a second language orientation, Vietnamese universities are making initiatives to mainstream Content Language integrated Learning (CLIL) into their instructional and curricular practices. This study examines how CLIL has been implemented, using Project-Based Learning (PBL) as a pedagogical approach in an English language programme at UD-UFLS. The study explores the integration of business content and multimodal literacy in Business Communication and Translation & Interpretation courses where students can develop their business English awareness, translation competence, media literacy through project-based tasks. The study adopts a mixed-methods design. Qualitative data was collected from content analysis of student-generated artifacts, classroom notes and semi-structured interviews while quantitative data was gathered through learner perception questionnaires administered to around 190 English majors. The findings show that PBL facilitates the alignment of the 4Cs of CLIL - content, communication, cognition, and culture - by engaging students in authentic, multimodal tasks requiring extensive practice of domain knowledge as well as communicative and translation skills. Student-produced business and media projects demonstrate their enhanced competencies in persuasive communication, content mastery, and multimodal output production. The study provides empirical evidence for positioning PBL as an enabler for CLIL implementation and offers pedagogical insights for English language curriculum design in contexts seeking deeper diffusion of content-language integration.
Biography
Dr. Le Thi Giao Chi is a Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Foreign Language Studies, The University of Danang (UD-UFLS). She holds an M.A. in English Language from Vietnam National University, Hanoi (1996), as well as an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching from The University of Queensland (2003). She earned her doctoral degree from University of the West of England in 2014.
She previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Language Education and has been actively involved in teacher training and professional development initiatives under the National Foreign Languages Project 2020, serving as a master trainer as well as a curriculum planner and developer. Her academic and professional expertise spans innovative English language teaching, English language and translation studies, translation and literary criticism, curriculum development and evaluation, and quality assurance and accreditation.
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