CLIL vs EMI: Different Approaches or the Same Dog with a Different Collar?

This chapter describes the main differences between Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI). The chapter starts with the definition of CLIL and the most relevant studies devoted to the application of this approach to teaching languages and content are described. Then, EMI is also defined and the most important research and findings related to this approach are also discussed. Moreover, the methodologies of CLIL and EMI are compared and the results extracted from several studies are described with the aim of highlighting the differences between the methods and results of these two approaches of language learning. Finally, the differences and similarities between CLIL and EMI are discussed and conclusions are drawn.