Faculty of Education University Master in Bilingual Education for Primary and Secondary Schools

SPECIFIC ENGLISH FOR NON-LINGUISTIC SUBJECTS

Alexander Oporta Barrera

GENRES IN CLIL SUBJECTS

-Factorial explanation could help
students to answer questions like
providing reasons of a particular
issue.
-In geography, definitions are In Geography can be found two different
-Different types of explanations are text types: Geography Reports
required.
required for exams (IGCSE), such as (descriptive and classifying) and
-Descriptive reports are often found
sequential and consequential Explanations in Geography (sequential
explanations. in tasks that students need to
compare things. and causal)

In History can be found the In general, CLIL students must

following genres: period
TASKS REQUIRING
be aware of the use of different
study, recounts, historical GEOGRAPHY GENRES genres when preparing for a
accounts, historical type of examination in a
explanations, arguments specific subject.
and discussion.
TASKS REQUIRING SPECIFIC
Period studies often form part Explanations are more prominent
of the answer to questions on GENRES for examinations to describe a
process, explain and give
IGCSE history paper in order
reasons, describe an effect, etc.
to describe and recall facts.

TASKS REQUIRING TASKS REQUIRING

HISTORY GENRES SCIENTIFIC GENRES
Historical explanations are In addition, procedures are
also needed to provide an part of the IGCSE exam for
answer to questions on IGCSE Design and Technology.
papers.

Exposition and discussion are required for history The genre of procedure is required in different IGCSE
textbooks tasks in order to provide arguments and science subjects, for exams (Laboratory and non-
different perspective of a historical event. These experimental exams)
genres belong to the high level of the IGCSE paper.

Llinares, A., Morton, T., & Whittake, R. (2012), pp. 124-146