DEVELOPING THE VOICE OF A HISTORIAN IN FRENCH-MEDIUM CLIL HISTORY COURSES. A STUDY AMONG FLEMISH ADOLESCENTS.

More and more Flemish pupils are taking history courses in a foreign language. In that school subject, develop historical insight learn to report on events, their possible interpretations the importance of those events for further course CLIL-language. This study examined extent which CLIL non-CLIL from second grade secondary education (15-year-olds) can express this view ("the voice historian") French-medium written text context lessons. Two classes one class were given an essay question containing three types questions historians usually ask themselves: ‘what objective facts?’, ‘How I interpret do estimate events?’. These answered with respect contents relating Great Voyages Discovery Reformation Counter Reformation. A qualitative interpretative linguistic-semiotic discourse analytic approach, inspired by Halliday’s Systemic Functional Linguistic Framework (Halliday & Mathiessen, 2014) Martin White’s (2005) ‘evaluative language’ framework, was used analyze data. Thus, our analysis involved checking whether learners able realize textual, interpersonal ideational functions CLIL-language (French) using neutral, non-graduating register. The results based 36 essays show students age produce coherent answer set demonstrate ability use historian within educational context. they address elements (facts, interpretations, importance) texts, at least level be expected 15-year-olds. appear slightly better than learners. On other hand, textual dimension, as defined SFL somewhat learners, noting especially subjective, graduating style, Overall, however, learners' texts score 5% higher small-scale students’ write language CLIL-education demonstrates knowledge, skills ways reasoning acquired equally well, if not better, CLIL-classes non-CLIL-classes. Awareness understanding linguistic demands acquisition reports may constitute important step professionalizing CLIL-teachers. We hope research inform policy makers teacher educators about need educate CLIL-teachers respect, ultimately improve quality all education.