ESP CLIL EAP

(English for Specific (Content and (English for

Purposes) Language Integrated Academic Purposes)
Learning)
CBI EMI EFL
(Content-Based (English as a Medium (English as a Foreign
Instruction) of Instruction) Language)

This term refers to a strand of English as a second or foreign language.

It usually refers to teaching the English language to university
students or people already in employment, with reference to the
particular vocabulary and skills they need.

an approach in which a foreign language is used as a tool in the

learning of a non-language subject in which both. language and the
subject have a joint role

This term refers to learning English in order to use it to study an

academic subject. For example, analysing texts, paraphrasing
arguments and delivering presentations.

Content acts as a vehicle for language learning and students are

assessed on language learning outcomes

This term refers to ‘the use of the English language to teach academic
subjects (other than English itself) in countries or jurisdictions where
the first language (L1) of the majority of the population is not English’
Usually, this refers to English being taught in a Non-English speaking
country but may also refer to any situation where English is being
taught to a speaker of another language.

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CONTENT LANGUAGE