Japanese and Other Language Teaching & Learning Students’ Initial Level of Vocabulary & Their CLIL Course Test Performances more

Sat, Nov 13, 14:05-14:30 Asia/Tokyo

The present study compares CLIL course vocabulary test performances of Japanese EFL university students with a higher initial level of vocabulary to those with a lower one. The findings showed that students who knew the most frequent 4,000 word families of English scored high on all the tests; however, those with less vocabulary knowledge did not reveal straightforward tendencies. The presenter will explain possible factors which led to these results.