Efficacy of Classroom Climate on English Language Acquisition in a Content and Language Integrated STEAM based Environment among High School Students

Abstract

The present study investigates the relationship between classroom climate and English Language Acquisition among students of standard IX studying under the Tamil Nadu equitable education syllabus. An experimental method is used to select a sample of 64 students. The research tools used are Classroom Engagement Adapted and modified from the Classroom Climate Scale (2018) by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The intervention used in the classroom consisted of Content and Language Integrated Learning in a STEAM based environment. The results of the statistical analyses show some significant correlation between Classroom Climate and English Language Acquisition among the students. This indicates that a few factors play a very important role in English Language Acquisition among students.