Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe is Associate Professor of Language and Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country. Her recent publications have focused on the acquisition of morphosyntactic aspects of English as a third language, multilingualism, and issues related to CLIL. She has recently co-edited the volumes Content and Language Integrated Learning: Evidence from Research in Europe (2009) and CLIL in Spain: Implementation, Results and Teacher Training (2010).Juan Manuel Sierra is Associate Professor of Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country. He has been involved in language teaching and teacher education for many years. He has published on CLIL, second and third language acquisition, foreign language teaching methodology, curricular design and multilingualism. His work has appeared in books, edited books and in various national and international refereed journals. Francisco Gallardo del Puerto has a PhD in English Studies and is Associate Professor of Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country. His publications have focused on multilingualism, the acquisition of phonological aspects of English as a third language, and the analysis of the effect of age on the learning of English as a foreign language.

«Content and Foreign Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) teachers and researchers are in luck with this new volume published by Peter Lang. They will all find good reasons to justify it is worth working on CLIL projects. The articles inside create an oasis in the middle of the desert, a mirror to look themselves into and see others with the same difficulties but also satisfactory results, and a wide range of ideas for further research and study on the field.» (Ana María Saorín Iborra, Ibérica)«(...) mit dem vorliegenden Sammelband [steht] ein aktueller und von den kompetentesten Vertretern aus Forschung und Praxis erstellter Überblick zum erreichten Stand von Forschung und Praxis auf dem Gebiet zur Verfügung (...).» (Regina Mügge, Fremdsprachen und Hochschule 86, 2012)

• Contents: Christiane Dalton-Puffer: Foreword – Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe/Juan Manuel Sierra/Francisco Gallardo del Puerto: Introduction - Content and Foreign Language Integrated Learning: A Plurilingual Perspective – Peeter Mehisto/David Marsh: Approaching the Economic, Cognitive and Health Benefits of Bilingualism: Fuel for CLIL – Do Coyle: Post-method Pedagogies: Using a Second or other Language as a Learning Tool in CLIL Settings – Y. L. Teresa Ting: CLIL and Neuroscience: How are they Related? – Carmen Pérez Vidal: Language Acquisition in three Different Contexts of Learning: Formal Instruction, Stay Abroad, and Semi-immersion (CLIL) – Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe: Which Language Competencies Benefit from CLIL? An Insight into Applied Linguistics Research – Teresa Navés: How Promising are the Results of Integrating Content and Language for EFL Writing and Overall EFL Proficiency? – Emma Dafouz Milne: English as the Medium of Instruction in Spanish Contexts: A Look at Teacher Discourses – Juan Manuel Sierra: CLIL and Project Work: Contributions from the Classroom – Raquel Fernández/Ana Halbach: Analysing the Situation of Teachers in the Madrid Autonomous Community Bilingual Project – Ma Luisa García Gurrutxaga/Montse del Nozal/Milagros Villa/Rosa Aliaga: Teaching-learning Foreign Languages in the Basque State Schools: the INEBI and BHINEBI Projects, a Practical Example for CLIL and Competence-based Learning – Inmaculada Muñoa Barredo: Key Factors to be Considered by CLIL Teachers – Juan Manuel Sierra/Franciso Gallardo del Puerto/Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe: Good Practices and Future Actions in CLIL: Learning and Pedagogy.