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‘What’s the Moment Thingy?’– On the Emergence of Subject-Specific Knowledge in CLIL Classroom Interaction
Tarja Nikulasubject
060201 languages & linguisticsvuorovaikutusCLILBilingual education05 social sciencesluokkahuone050301 educationContext (language use)06 humanities and the artssubject-specific knowledgeKey (music)Focus (linguistics)Moment (mathematics)vieraskielinen opetus0602 languages and literatureSituatedPedagogyMathematics educationMainstreamclassroom interactionPsychology0503 educationMeaning (linguistics)description
Situated in the European CLIL context where mainstream schools may opt for teaching content subjects through the medium of a foreign or second language, this paper explores secondary school physics classrooms, taught through English in Finland. The focus is on the role of classroom interaction in the emergence of subject-specific knowledge during six consecutive lessons, with particular attention to how one key concept in physics, ‘moment’, is handled. This micro-longitudinal approach shows that while the students are struggling between the everyday and the academic meanings of the word ‘moment’ throughout, there are also clear signs of progression. These signs show, for example, in students moving from the initial stages of confusion relating to the meaning and subject-relevant use of the term ‘moment’, via teacher-scaffolded practice, towards appropriating its subject-specific usages.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 |