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Article published In: Teaching, Learning and Scaffolding in CLIL Science Classrooms
Edited by Yuen Yi Lo and Angel M.Y. Lin
[Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 7:2] 2019
► pp. 151–165

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Introduction

Teaching, learning and scaffolding in CLIL science classrooms

 | The University of Hong Kong
 | Simon Fraser University
Published online: 25 September 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jicb.00006.lo
Article outline
  • 1.Conceptualising Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
  • 2.Content and language integration in science
  • 3.Scaffolding
  • 4.Papers in this Special Issue
  • References
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