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From http://www.eltresearchbites.com

The ELT Research Bites site summarizes academic articles about language teaching and learning. The most recent summary is of a 2015 article, “Testing Progress on Receptive Skills in CLIL and Non-CLIL Contexts,” by Prieto-Arranz et al. Among the conclusions: “Overall, the CLIL approach had a beneficial effect on learners’ reading comprehension skills. Looking at the highly significant difference in improvement regarding the specific reading test, it appears that CLIL provides learners with a broader receptive vocabulary within the specific field of content. Looking in detail at the rates of improvement, the CLIL group seemed to take longer to reach the higher scores, perhaps because they are cognitively processing both language and content information simultaneously. Over the three-year study period, though, they made significantly larger gains in reading skills.”

Read the full summary at http://www.eltresearchbites.com/201612-progress-on-receptive-skills-in-clil-and-non-clil-contexts/