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Systemic functional linguistics: the perfect match for content and language integrated learning

Publicated to:International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 26 (3): 245-250 - 2023-01-01 26(3), DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2019.1635985

Authors: Llinares, Ana; McCabe, Anne

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Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author

Abstract

© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Recent debates on bilingual education/CLIL have insisted on the need to explore common aims across bilingual/multilingual education programmes (CLIL, CBI, immersion) instead of highlighting differences across them (e.g. Cenoz, Genesee & Gorter, 2014). One objective shared by all programmes, regardless of their specificities, is to find the ways in which content and language are best learnt and taught in integration. This involves going beyond the ‘focus on form’ perspective and looking at language as a meaning-making activity in relation to the genres and registers of specific classroom/academic disciplines. In this issue, Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), with its focus on the purposes of language use through texts and contexts, is applied, together with other models, such as Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) or Cognitive Discourse Functions (CDFs), to the understanding of how language and content integration is enacted and its implications for curriculum development, pedagogy and assessment. The studies represent a variety of educational levels, content areas, modes (spoken, written, classroom interaction) and bilingual/multilingual education contexts.

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CdfClilImmersionIntegrationLctSfl

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 28/296, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Linguistics. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 5.22. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 22.67 (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-15, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 12
  • Scopus: 21
  • Google Scholar: 45
  • OpenCitations: 20
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-15:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 100 (PlumX).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (LLINARES GARCIA, ANA MARIA) .