New evidence on the impact of learning in a foreign language on educational outcomes

IF 2.6 2区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Studies in Educational Evaluation Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI:10.1016/j.stueduc.2024.101386

Luis Pires , María-Jesús Mancebón , Mauro Mediavilla , José-María Gómez-Sancho

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Abstract

A Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) method, in which some subjects are taught in a foreign language (English), was initiated in Spain in 2005 and has progressively extended to half of public schools. The results have been very positive; however, it has been argued that studying subjects in a foreign language may reduce the educational outcomes of students. This paper evaluates this criticism in the Madrid bilingual program adopting a Propensity Score Matching approach, with the PISA 2015 and 2018 data. The model defines a homogenous student subsample from bilingual and nonbilingual schools in terms of the observable characteristics that may jointly influence both the selection of school type and educational scores. Our results, robust to the sample and unobservable hidden bias, indicate that the Madrid bilingual program, in addition to improving students' English level, does not reduce the skills of subjects taught in English or in Spanish.

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外语学习对教育成果影响的新证据

2005 年，西班牙开始采用 "内容与语言整合学习法"（CLIL），即用外语（英语）教授某些科目，并逐步推广到半数公立学校。该方法取得了非常积极的成果，但也有人认为，用外语学习科目可能会降低学生的学习成绩。本文采用倾向得分匹配法，利用 2015 年和 2018 年国际学生评估项目（PISA）数据，对马德里双语项目中的这一批评意见进行了评估。该模型根据可能共同影响学校类型选择和教育成绩的可观测特征，从双语学校和非双语学校中定义了一个同质的学生子样本。我们的结果与样本和不可观测的隐性偏差保持一致，表明马德里双语项目除了提高学生的英语水平外，并没有降低用英语或西班牙语教授的科目的技能。

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62 days

期刊介绍： Studies in Educational Evaluation publishes original reports of evaluation studies. Four types of articles are published by the journal: (a) Empirical evaluation studies representing evaluation practice in educational systems around the world; (b) Theoretical reflections and empirical studies related to issues involved in the evaluation of educational programs, educational institutions, educational personnel and student assessment; (c) Articles summarizing the state-of-the-art concerning specific topics in evaluation in general or in a particular country or group of countries; (d) Book reviews and brief abstracts of evaluation studies.