Written Genres in CLIL-based University Level History Courses: A Study of Their Language and Instruction

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We aimed to investigate L2 writers' use of evaluative language in arguing essay genres in CLIL-based (Content and Language Integrated Learning) English medium world history courses. We planned to analyze L2 university students’ use of key discourse features of the Discussion, Exposition, and Challenge essays using the pedagogical analytic framework we developed. This analysis is not yet complete. However, we were able to gain valuable feedback on our analytical methods at an International SFL conference in Tunisia attended by the co-investigator, where he presented our preliminary findings in a presentation titled SFL Arguing Genres and the Logical Fallacies they Afford. Based on feedback from conference participants and other considerations, we have determined that our data from our preliminary analysis of Appraisal features is sufficient for the purposes of illustrating adaptations of the Appraisal framework for use in the classroom to teach key features of arguing genres. However, we plan to supplement our existing linguistic data with previously collected survey and classroom observational data for a richer description of its applications. The work on pedagogical applications of the Appraisal framework mentioned in the previous report has since been published (Myskow, 2023). In relation to genre analysis and pedagogy, a research paper investigating the rhetorical structure and citation use of advanced students’ writing has also been published (Ono & Petric, 2022).