Teachers' views on differentiation in content and language integrated learning (CLIL): Perceptions, practices and challenges

Language and Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Roiha, Anssi Sakari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

CLIL education; differentiation; inclusion; teacher; the challenges of differentiation; the perceptions of differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890787066     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500782.2012.748061     Document Type: Article

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