David Lasagabaster
Foreign Language Competence in Content and Language Integrated Courses~!2008-03-28~!2008-05-27~!2008-06-11~!
University of the Basque Country
european educational systems making great efforts improve students command foreign languages many students leave compulsory education limited ability communicate foreign languagein context implementation clil content language integrated learning courses becoming commonplace throughout europe approach believed significantly improve overall language competence target languagethis paper examines implementation clil basque country spain bilingual community basque spanish official languages english represents third language included curriculumthe results show clil approach successful helps improve students foreign language competence even bilingual contexts english little social presence